Wounded Team Could Sue Their Maritime Employer For Maintaining a Vessel at Sea in Rough Weather
Under the Jones Act, an employer has a lawful responsibility to give seafarer staff members with a fairly safe place to work. An employer breaches its responsibility if it does not show normal vigilance. In other words, if a naval employer disregards a threat that it recognized or need to have known about, and that risk creates a crewmember's injury, the company will be discovered responsible under the Jones Act.
Leaving a ship at sea in rough conditions could create the vessel to tackle water as well as inevitably even compel the staff to abandon ship.
