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$ 3,350,000 Fish Processor Injury
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Tug Boat deckhand injured on barge by unseaworthy crane

$ 2,900,000 Wrongful Death for Seaman
Oil response Worker died when winch failed

$ 2,600,000 Arm Injury
Improperly trained fish processor injured cleaning Surimi auger

$ 2,500,000 Amputated hand
Fish processor injured by unguarded fish header

$ 2,500,000 Class Action Wage Dispute for crewman maintenance and cure

$ 2,240,000 Tug Boat Deckhand hand Injury
Tug boat deck hand injured through faulty equipment

$ 2,350,000 Deckhand Injury
Deckhand's foot crushed by moving deck hatch - Boston jury verdict

$ 2,300,000 Brain Injury and Seizure disorder
Negligent failure to provide ship pilot's safe transfer between ships

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Tug Boat Injury Claims

Anchorage, Alaska, Tug Boat Injury Claims Lawyer

Alaska maritime injury and wrongful death lawyers

If you have been injured working as a crewman aboard a tug boat, oil spill response vessel, or barge in Alaska, you may be entitled to compensation under the Jones Act and principles of general maritime law.

For 20 years the Alaska maritime injury lawyers at Beard Stacey & Jacobsen, LLP, been fighting for Alaska tug boat and barge workers and their families after maritime injuries or deaths. We bring tug boat injury and maritime wrongful death claims in federal and state court in Alaska, Washington and Oregon.

Call us toll free at: 1-877-332-5529 to speak directly with an experienced maritime injury attorney.

Attorney James Jacobsen, a partner in Beard Stacey & Jacobsen, LLP, was an IBU member and deckhand aboard tugs before going to law school. This experience makes him particularly knowledgeable about the causes of tug boat injuries and how to handle claims for injured crewmen aboard tug boats and barges.

Our firm has recovered millions of dollars in damages for accidents happening in Alaska and across the Bering Sea. We have handled claims for many tugboat, tanker and barge deckhands, as well as fishermen, fish processors, oil response workers, and ferry workers. Whether your tug boat injuries were permanent or temporarily disabling, you can count on us to give you fair advice and effective representation. See some of the verdicts and settlements we've achieved for injured maritime workers.

You have a right to compensation

Learn more about your rights to compensation under the Jones Act for negligence and unseaworthiness on a tug boat or barge; contact an experienced Alaska maritime lawyer for advice. Call Beard Stacey & Jacobsen, LLP at 1-877-DECKLAW (1-877-332-5529). We offer a free, confidential consultation for tug boat and barge injury cases in Anchorage, Kodiak, Juneau, Homer, Sitka, Dutch Harbor, and other maritime towns throughout Alaska.