The Young Firm
Workers' comp, maritime/Jones Act, offshore injury
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Hurt at work in New Orleans? Louisiana workers' compensation pays your medical treatment and about two-thirds of your average weekly wage, no matter who was at fault — and attorney fees are capped at 20% of the disputed benefits, paid only if you recover. Report the injury to your employer within 30 days and file any disputed claim with the Office of Workers' Compensation within one year. If you were hurt offshore or on the docks, different and often better-paying laws may apply.
Updated March 28, 2026
Workers' comp, maritime/Jones Act, offshore injury
Workers' compensation, on-the-job injury, car accidents
Workers' comp, personal injury, offshore injury
Workers' comp, supplemental earnings benefits, injury
Workers' compensation for the New Orleans workforce
Offshore and maritime injury, workers' comp, serious injury
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Louisiana handles work-injury disputes through the Office of Workers' Compensation (OWC), not the regular courts. Benefits cover medical treatment for the work injury plus wage replacement — generally about two-thirds of your average weekly wage up to a state cap — and Supplemental Earnings Benefits if you go back to lower-paying work. Because it's a no-fault system, you don't prove your employer was negligent; you prove the injury and its effect on your ability to work.
Deadlines are tight. Tell your employer as soon as possible — within 30 days is the safe rule — and a disputed claim generally must be filed with the OWC within one year of the injury. Attorney fees in Louisiana comp cases are capped by law at 20% of the disputed benefits recovered, subject to court approval and paid on contingency, so you typically pay nothing up front.
New Orleans has one wrinkle most cities don't: maritime work. If you were injured offshore or on the docks, your case may fall under the Jones Act or the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act instead of state comp — and those often pay more. Tell any firm exactly where and how you were hurt so they apply the right law. The firms below handle denied and cut-off claims, serious injuries, and maritime cases.