Defense Base Act Claims
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Our Law Firm can help you and your family now anywhere in the world if you or a family member is injured while working for a Defense Based Contractor in Iraq or anywhere in the world.
Over the years, civilian contractors and project employees have been hired by American Companies who are under contract with the U.S. Government or Military to work on foreign projects. And over the years thousands of individuals have been injured or killed while on such overseas jobs. In some cases the individuals’ employers attempt to look the other way and refuse to properly compensate the injured employee or grieving family. This legal field is now being leveled, for the Attorneys of Carabin & Shaw an Injury Law Firm from San Antonio Texas is now accepting these claims on a contingency basis, and as such, the Law Firm will only be paid if they win the case.
At this point in time, thousands of civilian workers are in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and neighboring countries in the Middle East working on reconstruction projects. And companies such as Blackwater, Halliburton, Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR), Bechtel, Dyncorp and CACI and others, are under contract or have had contracts with the United States Government. Some of their workers are in harms way because of the unsettled and dangerous conditions in Iraq and the Middle East, leaving them exposed to injuries.
In other areas of the world contractors and employees have been injured while working at embassies, bases and other U.S. Government buildings or projects in foreign countries. As you may also be aware some civilian contractors are brought in to aid in the mission of the Government, whether associated with a military presence or not, the civilian employees can be at risk for bodily injuries.
In many cases, some of these employers are reluctant to report injuries which, in turn, delays the processing of the claim and the payments to injured workers. Just as often, the prompt acceptance and payment of a case may lead the injured worker into thinking he or she does not need a lawyer, and often large sums of money to which the injured worker or his family didn't know about, can go unrecovered. The simple fact is that the contracting companies and their insurance companies have attorneys available to provide them with legal advice on these types of claims, and unless the injured worker or his family hires a lawyer to assist on the case, he or she is at the mercy of the employers attorneys and lawyers.
Our Firm will represent you or your family with no up front cost. Call our Law Firm today, the call is free and without obligation. Call our Firm and learn more about how an injured worker may properly present a Defense Base Act Case and how they can be eligible to receive weekly benefits for time lost from work or lost pay, dependent benefits to the families of workers who are killed, as well as complete coverage for medical bills and expenses and long term benifits and recoveries. Call today and we will help explain this area of the law to you and your family.
If you case involves injuries to the extremities, such as arms and legs - resulting in a permanent impairment, our Law Firm may be able to recover for you long term compensation for the permanent disability. Even if the injury is not to the extremities, if it results in an inability to perform the same or a similar job, our attorneys may be able to show that the injured worker is entitled to receive an award for additional, substantial benefits for loss of wage earning capacity.
As in most workers' compensation laws, the Defense Base Act requires the employer to purchase an insurance policy that should pay the benefits, call today to learn more. Per federal statute the employer or contractor must purchase a separate Defense Base Act Insurance Policy and may not rely upon the workers' compensation policy purchased for work at home in the states. The Defense Base Act also covers individuals hurt while working on a short term or temporary work assignment for a United States government contractor in a foreign country.
Please Note: The Defense Base Act requires notice of the injury to be given in writing to the employer within thirty days, and any claim for benefits must be filed within 1 year of the date of injury. Most employers simply do not inform or warn injured workers of these or other requirements or benefits under the law. Failure to follow these rules could result in a denial of the case, leaving the worker to bear the entire cost of the injury. Furthermore, there are additional time limits to claim some of the benefits alluded to in this article. All of this points to the urgency of injured workers obtaining experienced lawyers to represent them on their cases.
If you have a case or just have questions and would like to speak to one of our lawyers, please e-mail us or complete the help inquiry form on this web site or call us Toll Free at 1-800-862-1260 and ask for Attorney George P. Escobedo. Mr. Escobedo is the supervising lawyer in our firm whom is available to answer your Defense Base Act Claims Questions. Please note that all inquiries will be handled promptly and all initial consultations are free of charge and without obligation.
Carabin & Shaw has 12 Offices across the State of Texas and affiliated offices across the Country and Field Representatives in numerous foreign countries to help our clients. We are just a phone call away. If the toll free number 1-800-862-1260 will not connect from the country you are calling from please call our main number +1 210-222-2288. Our Law Firm promises that we will work to help you and your family anywhere in the world, if you have such a case and need our help. Our Law Firm’s Defense Contractor Section is worldwide in scope and we will accept cases from anywhere in Texas, or from anywhere in the USA or anywhere in the world. Please note we only represent the individual injured or his or her family. We will not represent the government or the contracting employer nor will we represent insurance companies. We only represent the injured worker or his or her family.
Regardless of what city, state, or country you're from, call us - we can help. Take a moment and complete our inquiry form on this web site or email us so that we can review your situation for free and advise you as to what can be done to help. Thank you for your time.
