Vessel & Boat Accidents

Vessel & Boat
Accidents

WE’RE ON YOUR SIDE

If you or a loved one has been injured in an offshore oil drilling accident or a vessel or boat accident, the oil companies and their insurance companies do not want you to have a lawyer. Why? Because they want to minimize any claims you may have against them.

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Accidents

If you or a loved one has been injured in an offshore oil drilling accident or a vessel or boat accident, the oil companies and their insurance companies do not want you to have a lawyer. Why? Because they want to minimize any claims you may have against them.

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BARGE, BOAT AND OFFSHORE RIG ACCIDENTS ATTORNEY

Know your rights. Contact a personal injury attorney who knows the dangers seamen face every day at work and who can explain your rights under the Jones Act and other laws. Call the Joseph Joy & Associates law firm in Lafayette, Louisiana.

For deckhands, roughnecks, mates, engineers, galley hands and other seamen, the workplace can be dangerous. Cranes can fall, personnel baskets can malfunction, slippery surfaces can cause slip-and-fall accidents, cargo can cause toxic exposure. Unsafe practices can cause fires, explosions and collisions. Improperly loaded or operated crew boats, tug boats, commercial fishing boats, barges, semi-submersible rigs, fixed platforms, jack-up rigs and lift boats can collide, explode or sink. Sometimes a vessel is unseaworthy from the start.

Deckhands
Roughnecks
Mates
Engineers
Galley Hands
Seamen

Talk to a lawyer who knows the business. Prior to receiving his law degree, attorney Joseph “Buzzy” Joy worked as a technician on various fixed offshore platforms and land rigs. He also spent time as a deckhand aboard a 160-foot offshore supply boat and worked as a wire-line helper, installing and removing down-hole equipment and tools during summertime employment while in college. He knows what it is like to work offshore — and he is on your side when you have an injury claim.

You cannot trust a doctor, investigator or lawyer who is paid by big business. That’s why you need a lawyer you can trust who will represent you in a maritime accident claim. When the injuries are serious — broken bones, back injuries, burns, spinal cord and brain injuries — or when a loved one was killed in a fatal accident, call us for a free consultation.

Call or email us today and tell us about your vessel or boat accident. You can be assured that we are on your side.

Free initial consultation. No costs unless we recover compensation for you.

We earn attorney fees only if we are successful in obtaining compensation for you. We offer a free initial consultation to evaluate your case. If you do not recover, we do not get a fee.

CONTACT US TODAY FOR A FREE CONSULTATION

We’re ready to assist you. Let us Help. 337.232.8123

We’re ready to assist you. Let us Help.
337.232.8123

Louisiana Vessel & Boat Accident Lawyer Joseph “Buzzy” Joy

An Attorney You Can Trust

Louisiana Vessel & Boat Accident Lawyer Joseph “Buzzy” Joy attended Mississippi State University on a Southeastern Conference football scholarship and received another scholarship to attend Loyola Law School in New Orleans. During the summers, he worked as a technician on various fixed offshore oil platforms, vessels, and all types of rigs. He also worked as a deck hand aboard a 160-foot offshore supply boat. As a result, Mr. Joy has first-hand experience of the risks faced by offshore oil and gas workers. He also has a good understanding of why accidents happen and who is liable.

In 1980, Mr. Joy made maritime legal history in Louisiana in a back injury case when he proved that 135 pounds was too heavy for a seaman to handle without assistance. This was the first case of its kind where the singular theory of recovery for the injured worker was that 135 pounds was too heavy for a Jones act seaman to handle alone.

Contact Louisiana Vessel & Boat Accident Attorney Joseph “Buzzy” Joy for a free case evaluation.

Louisiana Vessel & Boat Accident Attorney Joseph “Buzzy” Joy serves clients in all of Louisiana, including Lafayette, Lake Charles, Morgan City, Opelousas, Carencro, Crowley, Jennings, Welsh, Broussard, New Iberia, Patterson, Berwick, and Morgan City.

We’re ready to assist you. Let us Help.

337.232.8123

Being injured can be a perilous and uncertain landscape. Let us help you navigate. We can make a difference.