| For thousands of years human civilization
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| | The Death on the High Seas Act covers
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| has depended on the oceans and waterways
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| | deaths of not only seamen and sailors,
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| for a variety of needs such as
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| | but also people who die in plane crashes
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| transportation, trade, and recreation.
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| | on the open waters.One of the most
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| As society improved over the course of
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| | controversial aspects of modern maritime
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| the centuries, our dependence on the
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| | law deals with the status of oil rig
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| waterways has not diminished. Now, in
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| | workers. These workers are not
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| the 21st century, the United States
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| | technically seamen or sailors in the
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| relies on seaborne trade for large and
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| | traditional sense, but nevertheless spend
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| irreplaceable portions of the modern
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| | significant amounts of time on the water
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| economy. In order to administer the
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| | on platforms that are towed onto the open
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| thousands upon thousands of ships, boats,
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| | sea but not permanently fixed to the
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| and vessels registered in the U.S., the
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| | ocean floor. Most activities associated
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| United States Government set up a number
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| | with offshore oil rigging, including the
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| of maritime and admiralty laws that help
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| | helicopters that ferry personnel to the
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| clarify and organize the myriad
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| | platform and the service personnel who
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| situations that can occur on the
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| | supply provisions and provide
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| water.Admiralty and maritime laws are
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| | maintenance, are covered under these
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| made up of statutes that cover activities
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| | maritime law statutes.Commercial
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| that take place on any vessel that flies
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| | fisherman have some of the most dangerous
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| an American flag. These rules originally
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| | and underappreciated jobs in modern
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| covered injuries and accidents that
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| | America. Thousands of fisherman ply the
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| afflicted inland water workers, victims
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| | open seas, rivers, and lakes every day,
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| of air crashes that occur over the
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| | and sadly, some of them never make it
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| waters, and those who support ships while
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| | back to home port. A great many of these
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| they are loading and unloading cargo and
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| | sailors, seamen, mariners, and fisherman
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| operating in port, but in recent years
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| | are covered under the maritime laws of
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| coverage has expanded to a number of
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| | the United States, and they or their
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| other specialized areas.The three main
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| | relatives can sometimes collect
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| American maritime laws are the Jones Act,
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| | compensation for the accidents that occur
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| the Death on the High Seas Act, and the
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| | throughout the maritime world. The
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| Longshoreman and Harbor Workers
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| | fishing industry is a vital component of
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| Compensation Act. The Jones Act is a set
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| | the American economy, and it is shameful
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| of rules that establish the
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| | when these brave workers are taken
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| qualifications of a sailor or seamen, and
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| | advantage of by callous and indifferent
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| the specific conditions that will enable
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| | employers.To learn more about admiralty
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| them to collect compensation should they
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| | law or hiring a maritime lawyer, please
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| suffer an injury while performing their
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| | visit our website at This article may
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| duties. The Longshoreman and Harbor
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| | be freely reprinted as long as this
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| Workers Compensation Act is similar to
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| | resource box is included and all links
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| the Jones Act, but covers workers who
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| | stay intact as hyperlinks.
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| function as land-based support personnel.
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