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JOHN HUGHES COOPER: One of the basic tenants of admiralty and maritime law is that seamen are wards of the admiralty courts. What this means is that federal courts will take particular care to protect the rights of injured seamen.

If seamen are injured subject to the call of duty, they have potentially five claims. Those claims would be for maintenance, for cure or medical care, unearned wages through the end of the voyage, Jones Act claim for negligence. And finally, if their injury is caused by an un-seaworthy condition on the vessel, they would have an un-seaworthiness claim.

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John Hughes Cooper, P.C.
1476 Ben Sawyer Blvd.. Ste. 7
Sullivan's Island, SC 29464
Telephone: 888-634-7402
Telephone: 843-883-9099
Fax: 843-883-9335
Sullivan's Island Law Office

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From our law offices on Sullivan's Island, Charleston attorney John Hughes Cooper handles admiralty law and maritime law cases throughout coastal South Carolina (the Lowcountry), the Pee Dee region, communities surrounding Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie, and elsewhere in the Southeast. The communities we serve include Charleston, Mt. Pleasant, Isle of Palms, Sullivan's Island, Georgetown, Beaufort, Hilton Head, North Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach, Edisto Island, Walterboro, Pawley's Island, Murrells Inlet, Little River, Conway, Columbia, Florence, Charleston County, Georgetown County, Berkeley County, Beaufort County, Horry County, Jasper County and Colleton County.