Jay Foster

A Mississippi sponge-left-behind case was rock solid on the merits and still nearly died on a missed ninety day deadline. Here is the medical malpractice deadline trap, and the two rules that saved the claim.

A Mississippi worker won his injury award and still spent years fighting to be paid, then learned the carrier got credit for money already paid. Here is the workers comp trap that quietly eats your benefits.

A crane operator won lifetime longshore benefits, the case closed, and everyone moved on. Years later it got reopened and the entire bill changed hands. Here is how to reopen a longshore claim, and why the carrier prays you never learn it can be done.

A longshore mechanic moved to lighter work to save his injured neck and took a pay cut to do it. The judge averaged in his old heavy duty paychecks and said he lost nothing. Here is the longshore wage earning capacity fight that decides the money.

A longshore worker died with two pending claims against his employer. His family spent years trying to prove who had the right to pursue them. The employer moved to dismiss. Here is how a longshore death claim gets killed on procedure instead of the merits.

A Mississippi family lost a wife and mother and never got a jury, because of a legal shield that traces back to the king of England. Here is how government immunity works.

The employer filed the right form and forgot to serve the injured worker. A ten percent penalty under the Longshore Act followed. The employer tried to kill it with a Supreme Court ruling and failed. Here is the rule the TV lawyer never reads.

A Mississippi man had a real injury claim and a real demand on the table. One unchecked box in his bankruptcy killed the whole thing. Here is the trap, and how to avoid it.

An aircraft mechanic worked near burn pits in Kabul and came home needing sinus surgery. The employer fought the DBA claim three times and lost every round. Here is what it takes to actually win a burn pit case.