Gulfport is a bustling port town that ranks as Mississippi’s second-largest city. The Port of Gulfport, located in Harrison County, boasts a number of features that make it enticing to large corporations, including convenient access to both HWY 49 and Interstate 10. Major tenants at the Port of Gulfport include, Chiquita Brands, Inc., Dole Inc. and Crowley Maritime. The port’s prime location allows for easy distribution of products across the country and contributes large, long-term economic benefits to Mississippi’s maritime economy. As home to the nation’s second-largest importer of green fruit and the third busiest container port on the Gulf of Mexico, maritime workers form the backbone of industry in Gulfport, Mississippi.
The Gulfport, Mississippi maritime lawyers at Fitts Zehl, L.L.P. have successfully represented hundreds of offshore workers who were seriously injured on the job. With years of experience against some of the largest maritime companies in the world, including BP, Transocean, Helix, Oceaneering, and Hercules, the Jones Act attorneys at Fitts Zehl prepare all of our cases with the same goal in mind: securing maximum recoveries in the shortest amount of time possible.
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Whether you were injured while working on a semisubmersible, jack-up rig, or drilling ship, the maritime lawyers at Fitts Zehl have the experience and resources necessary to ensure that you are fully compensated for your injuries and other damages. We proudly represent clients from across the state of Alabama including Gulfport, Mobile and Fairhope. Let us put our winning team to work for you.
In the past three years alone, Fitts Zehl has recovered more than $150 million in verdicts and settlements against some of the biggest companies operating in the Gulf. In addition, we are one of the few firms that was retained to represent workers in connection with 4 of the largest workplace accidents in the past 10 years, including the BP/Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion, the BP Texas City Explosion, the Imperial Sugar Refinery Explosion, and the International Paper Explosion.
