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Admiralty
and Maritime law is a highly specialized legal practice which encompasses many diverse aspects of marine commerce, employment,
recreation, transportation and personal injury and wrongful death actions occurring on navigable waters and the high seas.
This field of law has its own set of complex jurisdictional and procedural rules, all of which require particular knowledge
and expertise. Congress has enacted numerous federal statutes governing admiralty and maritime legal issues. Murphy &
Anderson, P.A. is knowledgeable in the requirements of the Jones Act, the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation
Act, the Death on the High Seas Act, Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, Public Vessels Act, Suits in Admiralty Act and the Federal
Tort Claims Act.
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