I’ve been hurt offshore and my company says all I’m entitle to is $35 per day for maintenance (maritime workers’ compensation), is this all I’m entitled to?
A diver injured in the service of a vessel is entitled to the maritime equivalent of worker’s compensation, more commonly known as maintenance, and payment of all medical treatment, more commonly known as cure. The right to receive maintenance and cure benefits is the most sacred legal right under Admiralty Law. A vessel owner must pay the seaman his full living expenses as he recuperates from an on-the-job injury. Maintenance is defined as “financial resources by which the injured seaman can weather the financial storm surrounding an occupational injury offshore.” It also includes the expenses necessary to repatriate the seaman to his or her home. Maintenance includes the amount of money per day sufficient to defray the cost of food, lodging and utility expenses during his period of convalescence. Lodging expenses include expenses for rent, home mortgage and utilities. Contrary to popular belief, a company may not arbitrarily choose payment, say $35 per day, and submit that it is sati
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