For years, civilian workers have been hired by American companies to work on overseas projects, worldwide. There are currently thousands of United States civilian employees at work assisting the American military in the reconstruction efforts of Iraq, Afghanistan and other Middle Eastern countries and war torn areas as well as assisting the American military. Whenever and wherever civilian contractors are contracted to aid in the mission of the United States government, whether there is an associated military presence or not, their employees risk the possibility of on the job injuries. Halliburton, Bechtel, Dyncorp, Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR), are some of the major corporations that have been contracted by the U. S. Government. Workers of these companies are very often placed in harm’s way, and risk serious possibility of on the job injuries.
Helping Defense Base Act claimants or their families in filing a claim and securing proper workers' compensation benefits due under the Defense Base Act is something that we take great pride in. With fifty years of compensation claims experience our practice has grown in the representation of employees of American companies that conduct the business of the US Government overseas. The Hampton Roads area in particular has an extremely large number of civilian workers currently working as military contractors overseas. We currently represent numerous workers from around the United States and are pursuing their cases which have risen due to a variety of injuries, from head, back, neck, arm, shoulder, hand, knee and/or leg and foot injuries.
As always, our firm requires no up front attorney fees for DBA cases and the Defense Based Act itself requires all lawyer fees to be approved. Our attorney fee is contingent based and will only be owed if we are able to win and collect funds for you, which means that any injured worker can always afford to retain his or her own lawyer!
If you have a Defense Base Act case or believe you may be eligible for benefits as a result of an overseas (nonmilitary) injury and would like to speak to us, please fill out the form at the top of the page, or call us at 1-800-515-3000 today.