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“If you’re injured offshore… these guys are the best.”
Injured his shoulder during an emergency valve shutoff aboard an ENSCO vessel, Gulf of Mexico. Gulfmark and ENSCO tried to blame him — VB Attorneys secured a settlement anyway.
Injured seamen like you have received over $10 million in compensation from VB Attorneys.
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The vessel logs, the maintenance records, the crew statements — the evidence that decides your case sits in the company's hands, and it starts disappearing the day you're hurt. Every day you wait, their version hardens and yours gets harder to prove. One call to our office starts protecting your future today, and it costs you nothing.
You tell us what happened in your own words. We listen. It really is that simple.
We tell you honestly whether your case is one we can take. If it isn't, we'll point you toward someone who can help.
If we take your case, the lawyer you hire is the one who handles it, start to finish.
Recovered for a single injured mariner after the employer denied responsibility from the start. Brian Beckcom served as lead counsel and built the case under the Jones Act and the doctrine of maintenance and cure.
Somali pirates hijacked an American crew — the events behind the film Captain Phillips. We represented the mariners and held the company accountable for sending them into waters it knew were dangerous, and made the industry safer for future mariners.
An 800-pound crane “headache ball” crushed Mr. Moak’s foot and ankle on a Skanska barge. When Skanska denied him proper medical care and offered less than $500,000 to settle, we took the case to trial and won nearly three times that amount.
A commercial fisherman aboard the M/V Excellence fractured his foot when a pan of frozen fish fell on him during operations in the Bering Sea — then was kept aboard nine days before he reached medical care. A King County, Washington jury awarded $4,081,047; comparative negligence reduced the award.
When Somali pirates hijacked the Maersk Alabama, Brian Beckcom represented nine of her crew against Maersk in one of the most complex maritime and Jones Act cases in history — a case that changed the safety and security of mariners — and won confidential settlements for every one of them. He is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law, a distinction fewer than 1% of Texas lawyers hold.
Vuk Vujasinovic is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law, a distinction fewer than 1% of Texas lawyers hold. Vuk's signature win is a $44 million trial verdict in a wrongful death case arising at an Exxon Mobil plant.
"This money is to better my family's life and get us out of the ruts this company put me in."
Tim M. · Injured Tankerman · U.S. Marine Corps Combat Veteran
"If it wasn't for them, I don't know where I'd be right now."
Marshall Reindau · Tugboat Captain · Jones Act Injury
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