Arnold & Itkin Attorneys Seek Change In Maritime Laws
Arnold & Itkin LLP's maritime attorneys support legislation now pending in Congress that would make much-needed updates to the remedies available to injured maritime workers and their families. In a recent article about the proposed maritime law updates, Arnold & Itkin LLP partner Kurt Arnold observed that he and fellow firm attorney Cory Itkin feel so strongly about the existing problems with maritime remedies that they travelled to Washington to push for change.
The Securing Protections for the Injured from Limitations on Liability Act (SPILL Act) passed the U.S. House of Representatives in early July. Meanwhile on July 15 the Senate's Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation received Senate Bill 3600 (Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, D-WV), known as the Fairness in Admiralty and Maritime Law Act.
"All we are asking is for the offshore laws to be the same as those on land," Arnold was quoted as saying. As an example, "Currently you are entitled to pain and suffering for an injury," Arnold observed. "But if you are killed on water offshore, you have no remedy."
Arnold reported that he and Itkin found most of the lawmakers they spoke with receptive to the need for change in available maritime injury remedies.
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