Barge Accident and Injuries

Domengeaux Wright Roy & Edwards, L.L.C., with offices in Lafayette, Louisiana, has wide-ranging knowledge and experience handling personal injury cases resulting from barge accidents. Barges are critical to the movement of goods in Louisiana and across the United States. However, it can also be dangerous when barge operations are handle negligently or when barges are operated in an unseaworthy condition such as an inadequate crew, or inadequate or malfunctioning equipment.

Barge Accident Injuries

Some of the common injuries that occur on barges include back injuries, amputations, head injuries, broken bones, and wrongful deaths. Our attorneys are familiar with handling barge accident injury investigations and the laws associated with protecting barge crewmen.

Barge crewmen are generally protected by the same laws that protect people suffer in offshore injuries. The Jones Act, the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, and the Federal Tort Claims Act are all applicable to people working on barges and dockworkers working with barges.

Our firm has a long history of successfully representing people injured in barge accidents on the Mississippi River, the Ouachita River, the Red River, and the intracoastal canal. Since our attorneys have an in-depth understanding of admiralty and maritime law, we can focus our attention on getting optimal compensation for the long-term medical and financial consequence of barge accident injuries.

Contact our Louisiana Barge Accident Lawyers

If you or a member of your family has been injured in a barge accident, please contact the maritime attorneys at Domengeaux Wright Roy & Edwards, L.L.C. Our main office is in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Domengeaux Wright Roy & Edwards, L.L.C. handles barge injury accident cases for clients throughout the state of Louisiana including Lafayette Parish, Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, St. Martin Parish, St. Landry Parish, Vermilion Parish, Terrebonne Parish, Point Coupee Parish, Avoyelles Parish, Rapides Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish, and the cities of Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Morgan City, Franklin, New Iberia, Lake Charles, Alexandria, Shreveport, Bossier, Monroe, and Houma.