Do you work on an oil rig platform in the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, or Pacific Oceans? If so, you need to hire an oil rig explosion lawyer, since you never know what oil rig accidents can happen out in the Gulf. Areas to hire an oil rig explosion lawyer include the following:
• Offshore drilling injury
• Defective oil rig platform
• Issues of responsibility
One reason to hire an oil rig explosion lawyer pertains to an offshore drilling injury. If you are part of a ship crew and witness an oil rig exploding in an ocean, you may receive an injury for which you need medical compensation. It is no secret that injuries can sometimes be assumed as individual and those for which the injured party is responsible. If you are an oil rig worker by occupation, you should not have to bear responsibility for a ship that you do not own. Whether or not your ship captain has drilling insurance, you should still be able to receive financial compensation to cover your x-rays and other medical tests. Receiving compensation for your injuries while engaged in drilling opportunities is the equivalent of a business employee in the US receiving workers’ compensation for injuries incurred while at work in a physical edifice.
A defective oil rig platform is another reason as to why you should hire an oil rig explosion lawyer. In the BP oil rig explosion, BP engineers were responsible for using a defective oil rig that they had tested repeatedly (and found to be defective). They continued to use the Louisiana oil rig despite diagnostic tests that said otherwise. You may not be responsible for ensuring the oil rig is safe; you may be an oil rig worker who simply follows instructions from the platform engineers. If you are blamed for the explosion, your oil rig explosion lawyer can provide a strong defense that protects your rights and innocence. Finding evidence that the oil rig engineers are responsible for the explosion will free you from a legal suit that could cost you millions. If there is a defect on the platform, you may be absolved of any guilt for two reasons: 1) the engineers used a defective platform they knew was defective and 2) no one knew the rig was defective or failed to run proper diagnostic tests before drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Last but not least, you should hire an oil rig explosion lawyer because of issues of personal responsibility. In an explosion of this magnitude, the media, journalists, and average citizens look to blame someone for the tragedy; after all, oil rigs in the Gulf do not explode by themselves.
Times like these require legal counsel that knows his or her way around the law better than you. You are a victim and should not have to battle a lawsuit alone without help from someone who knows how to win.
