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Our Enterprise Offshore Attorneys Have Won Billions in Verdicts & Settlements

Offshore drilling platforms are enormous entities. Many people call them “floating miniature cities,” often housing hundreds of workers at a time. Crews include drilling workers, medical staff, kitchen staff, and dozens of other positions needed to keep the oil flowing and the rig buzzing. The companies that own these rigs—Enterprise Offshore among them—have an enormous responsibility on their shoulders, taking care of hundreds of workers.

When they fail their responsibility, we step in. The Enterprise Offshore rig attorneys at Arnold & Itkin have dedicated our lives to holding offshore companies accountable for the harm they cause, both to their workers and workers’ families. Drilling executives often treat their workers as expendable assets, running rigs with unsafe staffing or poor safety policies. Changing their behavior requires holding them accountable in court.

If you were injured or fell ill while on an Enterprise Offshore Drilling platform, speak with us in a free consultation.

COVID-19 Cases Aboard Enterprise Offshore Platforms & Others

Offshore workers have been in dire straits since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic that has racked the globe. The first COVID-19 case aboard a drilling rig was discovered in March aboard a rig in the North Sea. Within weeks, there were over two dozen cases in the Gulf of Mexico alone, although some companies have declined to share how many crew members have tested positive for COVID-19, so we may never know the full figures.

The problem is two-fold.

One, offshore rigs are almost perfect conditions for a virus to spread. There are limited medical supplies and facilities, no one is able to get to shore efficiently, and everyone lives in cramped quarters. Handrails alone might be responsible for crews spreading coronavirus to each other, according to one expert.

Two, drilling companies have been given the authority by the federal government to set their own safety regulations. As a result, the response to coronavirus has varied wildly from company to company. One company decided to keep all sick workers at home and have all healthy workers stay on rigs for an extra week—a 21-day shift instead of a 14-day shift. Some companies are advocating the suspension of the Jones Act, one of the few laws protecting offshore workers from negligence.

Why Could a Jones Act Suspension Harm Workers?

The Jones Act, also known as the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, has been keeping offshore workers safe for decades. Besides protecting the American maritime industry, it keeps workers safe by giving them the ability to hold their employers accountable for negligence. Without the Jones Act, workers are subject to dealing with the consequences of preventable injuries alone.

As mentioned above, the federal government has given offshore companies the freedom to manage their COVID-19 response. For some offshore workers, this has resulted in longer hours and the increased likelihood of accidents. If the wrong parts of the Jones Act are suspended, employees will be at the mercy of the safety conditions their employers create during times of uncertainty and extreme cost cutting. In other words: workers will pay the steepest price for their employers' unsafe practices.

Enterprise Drilling Offshore & Other Companies Are Responsible for Workers

“It all depends where you’re working. If you work for a good company, they look after you. If you don’t, you’re on your own.” — Billy Fults, assistant driller in the Gulf of Mexico

Here’s the truth: when you’re at sea, your company is responsible for your safety and well-being. If your company’s safety regulations failed to keep you safe from COVID-19—or worse, actively gave you coronavirus—then you deserve compensation for your medical costs, lost wages, and other damages. Our team has been investigating these cases, fighting to get our clients the resources they need to fully recover while ensuring this doesn’t happen to any other worker.

The Enterprise platform rig lawyers at Arnold & Itkin have won billions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for our clients, including hundreds of results worth $1 million or more and dozens worth $10 million or more. We’ve won record-setting results in cases nationwide and in every major offshore oilfield in U.S. waters (and beyond). In 2010, we represented more members of the Deepwater Horizon than any firm in the country, and our case history includes the largest settlement ever won for a man killed offshore.

We take no fee unless we win your case. There’s no risk to calling us, so call (888) 493-1629 today!

Case Results

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  • $8 Billion Top 3 Largest Jury Verdict in U.S. History Arnold & Itkin tried a case against Johnson & Johnson for failing to warn about a drug’s most damaging side effects: gynecomastia. Our skill, hard work, and dedication resulted in the third-largest jury verdict ever obtained for an individual ...
  • $357 Million Largest Workplace Accident Settlement in Texas history Arnold & Itkin LLP secured a massive nine-figure settlement against a transnational corporation for a workplace incident. The settlement set a Texas record for being the largest personal injury settlement in the state’s history.
  • $222 Million Record-Breaking Verdict for Widow Our firm won $222 million for a woman who lost her husband in an industrial accident caused by a faulty valve. We took the case to trial because the at-fault company refused to take responsibility. The jury saw through the corporate lies and double ...
  • $205 Million Confidential Settlement Obtained for Numerous Clients Arnold & Itkin reached a record $205,000,000 settlement on behalf of clients after several years of hard-fought litigation. The case settled just before trial was set to begin.
  • $193 Million Settlement Won for Victims of Pipeline Explosion Offshore injury lawyers at Arnold & Itkin fought for two workers who were injured in a pipeline explosion at sea, one of whom passed away. Our relentless investigation and advocacy resulted in a nine-figure settlement that will provide for our ...
  • $171 Million One of the Largest Confidential Settlements in History Arnold & Itkin worked over the course of several years to represent clients in a case that many other law firms turned down. In the end, we were able to obtain a record-setting confidential settlement.
  • $139 Million Massive Settlement Achieved for Victims of an Oilfield Incident Arnold & Itkin LLP negotiated a huge $139,000,000 settlement for injured families affected by an oilfield incident in the eastern United States, settling one week before trial.
  • $125 Million Settlement Won for Widow of Dredge Worker Offshore lawyers at Arnold & Itkin LLP won a nine-figure settlement for a woman who lost her husband in a pipeline explosion. By pushing the case toward trial, our firm pressured the defendant into settling with our client, allowing her to rebuild ...
  • $117 Million Largest Single-Event Personal Injury Verdict in Louisiana History Arnold & Itkin represented a pregnant woman who experienced stomach pain and called Acadian Ambulance. The driver of the ambulance drove the ambulance into the back of a sugar cane truck causing the plaintiff's spine to be severed at T4 and for her ...
  • $116 Million Confidential Settlement Arnold & Itkin LLP negotiated a massive nine figure settlement on behalf of their clients after several years of hard fought litigation.
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