Are you as engrossed with the Presidential Elections as the failing global financial economy we are experiencing? Well if you are for Obama, this will good news for you. A maritime attorney from Mark & Associates, P.C., a leading personal injury law firm, recently issued a statement that they applaud Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama for pledging his support for a longstanding federal law which provides financial compensation to seamen who are injured on the job as a result of their employers’ negligence.
In a letter sent to the president of the Seafarers International Union, which has endorsed him for president, Obama pledged his support for the Jones Act, a 1920 law which pays workers’ compensation benefits for seamen who are hurt while working on ships, oil rigs, and other ocean vessels.