6 maritime attorneys practise in Hartford, covering Jones Act claims by seamen, longshore and harbour workers' compensation, unseaworthiness and maintenance and cure, offshore accidents, cruise passenger claims, cargo damage and collisions.
Admiralty is a separate body of federal law with its own remedies and deadlines, and it often gives an injured worker rights that ordinary state law would not.
Report the injury and obtain the accident report — offshore cases are frequently decided by the first written account of what happened.