On Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department filed federal criminal charges against Kurt Mix, a former engineer for BP, for obstruction of justice for allegedly destroying text messages which described the rate of oil gushing from the damaged Macondo well followingRead More

In the wake of a serious offshore injury, one of the first and most important things you will need to find out is what body of law applies to you. Is it the Jones Act? The Longshoremen and Harbor Workers’Read More

Following the discovery of a major gas leak late Sunday involving the Elgin PUQ platform and Rowan Viking drilling rig about 150 miles off of the coast of Aberdeen in Scotland, 85 additional offshore workers have been evacuated off ofRead More

Tow boats and barges have resumed their journeys northward as the Mississippi River officially opened for business today, one day ahead of schedule, signaling the end of a fairly mild winter. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, theRead More

Rumors are swirling that BP, Plc has reached a $7.8 billion settlement with the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC), a group that represents more than 100,000 individuals negatively affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent oil spill. This settlementRead More

U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier delayed the start of trial just 24 hours before it was set to get underway so that BP can discuss settlement with the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC). The PSC represents thousands of individuals and businessesRead More

Just over a month after one of the worst cruise ship disasters in recent memory, another luxury liner, the Costa Allegra, is now floating helplessly without power in the Indian Ocean. 636 passengers, including 8 U.S. citizens, and 413 crewRead More

The Jones Act lawyers at Zehl & Associates take pride in representing offshore workers who have been seriously hurt due to the negligence of others. Whether it’s a careless fellow crew member, a poorly-maintained piece of equipment onboard the vesselRead More

It is no secret that a huge percentage of the American population is on Facebook. What many do not know, however, is that unscrupulous maritime employers have started to use the publicly-available contents of various social networking sites, like Facebook,Read More

BP recently announced plans to raise its dividend by 14 percent up to 8.0 cents per share for the fourth quarter of 2011, making it the first rise since the company resumed paying out dividends about a year ago. TheRead More