Disclaimer

01What Offshore Injury Help is and what it is not

Offshore Injury Help is an independent editorial resource and lead generation service operated by The Mangione Group, Inc., a corporation. We publish guides, articles, and reference material about maritime injury law, and we operate an intake process through which a reader who has been injured offshore may, at the reader's request, be introduced to one specialty attorney whose practice fits the reader's case.

We are not the following

• Not a law firm. The Mangione Group, Inc. is a corporation, not a law firm. We do not practice law, we do not represent clients, and we do not appear in court for anyone.
• Not an attorney. The editor, Michael Mangione, is not a practicing attorney. He has spent more than twelve years working inside contingency-based law firms in operational and intake roles, and that experience informs the editorial content on this site, but it does not make him an attorney.
• Not your lawyer. No one at Offshore Injury Help is your lawyer. We do not represent you in any legal matter and we cannot appear on your behalf.
• Not a referral service in the formal bar-rules sense. Offshore Injury Help is a lead generation and editorial business. Where we make an introduction at a reader's request, we do so editorially. We are not a lawyer referral service certified or approved by any state bar association unless we expressly say so on a state-specific page on this site.
• Not an insurer, claims adjuster, court, or government agency. We do not pay claims, process insurance, or operate any official process.

02Nothing on this site is legal advice

The editorial content on offshoreinjuryhelp.org, including guides, articles, FAQs, scenario walk-throughs, and any other material, is general information about how maritime injury claims tend to work. It is not legal advice and it is not tailored to your specific facts.

This applies to every channel through which you may interact with us. Nothing said by the editor on the phone, in an email reply, in a text message, in a voicemail, or in any other communication is legal advice. The editor can explain how a Jones Act claim is generally structured, what LHWCA typically covers, how OCSLA fits, and what kinds of questions tend to come up. The editor cannot tell you whether your specific situation has a viable claim, how much it might be worth, what to do next legally, or how a court will rule. Those are legal questions that require a licensed attorney who has reviewed your file.

If you act in reliance on anything you read on this site or hear from us, you do so at your own risk. The right way to act on a legal matter is to talk to a licensed attorney.

03No attorney-client relationship

Using this site does not make us your lawyer. No attorney-client relationship is created between you and Offshore Injury Help, The Mangione Group, Inc., or the editor by any of the following:

• Visiting offshoreinjuryhelp.org or any related page;
• Reading any editorial content, guide, FAQ, or scenario on the site;
• Submitting the case-review intake form;
• Sending us an email, leaving us a voicemail, or speaking with us by phone;
• Receiving an editorial response or a follow-up communication from us;
• Being introduced to a specialty attorney who later contacts you.

Because no attorney-client relationship exists between you and us, communications you have with us are not protected by attorney-client privilege. Do not share information with us that you would not be comfortable sharing without that protection. The editor does treat intake communications confidentially as a matter of editorial practice and under our Privacy Policy, but that is different from legal privilege.

If you retain an attorney we introduce you to, the attorney-client relationship is between you and that attorney, and is governed by your written agreement with the attorney and the rules of professional conduct in the relevant jurisdiction.

04Attorneys we introduce are independent

If the editor identifies a specialty attorney whose practice fits your case and you have asked us to make an introduction, we share your intake submission with that one attorney. That attorney is an independent professional, not an employee, agent, partner, joint venturer, or representative of Offshore Injury Help or The Mangione Group, Inc.

We do not control the attorney. We do not control what the attorney says to you, what fee terms the attorney offers, what strategy the attorney recommends, whether the attorney accepts your case, or what the attorney achieves in any case the attorney takes. We are not responsible for the attorney's conduct, advice, communications, results, fees, or any other aspect of the attorney's representation of you.

The attorney is responsible for the attorney's own compliance with applicable rules of professional conduct, bar advertising rules, and licensing rules in the attorney's jurisdiction. If you have a concern about an attorney's conduct, the appropriate place to raise it is with the state bar in the jurisdiction where the attorney is licensed.

05No guarantee of outcome or result

We do not guarantee any outcome on any case. No honest source can.

We do not guarantee that we will be able to introduce you to an attorney. We do not guarantee that the attorney we introduce will accept your case. We do not guarantee that any case will result in a recovery, settlement, judgment, or any other particular result. We do not guarantee any timeline for any case. We do not guarantee any specific dollar amount on any case.

Maritime injury cases turn on a long list of variables, including the facts of the incident, the law of the jurisdiction, the identity and conduct of the parties, the available evidence, the credibility of witnesses, the financial position of the defendants, and many other things outside our control or anyone's control. Anyone who promises you a specific outcome on a legal matter, before that matter has been investigated and litigated, is not being honest with you.

06Past results do not predict future results

Any reference to past results, recoveries, settlements, verdicts, or case outcomes on this site (including in editorial content, examples, scenarios, attorney profiles, or third-party attorney materials) is illustrative only. Past results do not guarantee, warrant, predict, or promise a similar result in any other case.

Every case is different. The same kind of injury, on the same kind of vessel, in the same jurisdiction, can produce vastly different outcomes depending on facts that may not be obvious from a summary. A multi-million-dollar verdict in one case does not mean a similar verdict in another. A quick settlement in one case does not mean a quick settlement in another. A particular attorney's track record does not predict that attorney's result in your case.

When we reference outcomes editorially, we do so to illustrate how the law works in practice. We do not do so to promise that your case will produce a similar outcome, and you should not read it that way.

07Information accuracy and currency

Maritime injury law evolves through court decisions, agency rulemaking, and federal legislation. Editorial content on this site is accurate to the best of our knowledge as of the dates it was written and reviewed, but it may become outdated, and it may contain errors. We do not represent or warrant that any content is current, complete, or free of error.

Specific facts that may change over time include statutory caps, regulatory dollar thresholds, court decisions interpreting key statutes, and procedural rules. A guide that was accurate when published may not reflect a court decision issued the next week. We try to update materially affected content as we become aware of changes, but we do not promise to do so on any particular schedule, and we do not guarantee any individual article will be updated as the law changes.

If you are making a decision that matters, you should not rely on this site alone. Talk to a licensed attorney who can apply the current law to your specific facts.

08Statute of limitations and other deadlines

Maritime injury claims are subject to statutes of limitations and other legal deadlines that vary by claim type, jurisdiction, and the specific facts of your case. Missing a deadline can permanently end the right to recover.

As a general matter, Jones Act claims have a three-year statute of limitations, LHWCA claims have shorter notice and filing requirements, DOHSA claims have specific deadlines, and state law negligence claims have varying statutes that may be shorter than the federal periods. Cruise ship passenger claims often have one-year statutes and short notice periods set by the passenger ticket contract. None of these descriptions is legal advice; they are general examples to illustrate that deadlines apply and they vary.

We do not track deadlines for you. We do not warn you when a deadline is approaching. We do not remind you of filings you need to make. None of those things is a service we provide, and you should not assume otherwise.

If a deadline may apply to your situation, you should talk to a licensed attorney without delay. The cost of a free consultation is small. The cost of letting a deadline pass is total.

09Not a substitute for licensed counsel

Reading this site, no matter how thoroughly, is not a substitute for talking to a licensed attorney about the specific facts of your situation. The editorial content here is general information, intended to help you understand how maritime injury claims tend to work and what kinds of questions to consider. It is not personalized legal advice, and it cannot be.

Two cases that look similar in summary can produce different legal results based on facts that only matter when an attorney digs in: the precise duties of the parties under the relevant contract, the company's actual safety practices versus its stated practices, the timing of medical treatment, prior incidents on the same vessel, and many others. An attorney who reviews your file can identify those facts and apply the current law to them. We cannot.

If your situation involves a meaningful claim, do not rely on a website. Talk to a licensed attorney. Many maritime injury attorneys provide free initial consultations, including the attorneys to whom we may introduce you.

10Testimonials, examples, and case scenarios

Where this site includes testimonials, reviews, case examples, or scenarios, those materials are illustrative only and are not promises about your case. Names and identifying details may be changed to protect the privacy of the people involved. Composite scenarios may combine elements of multiple cases to illustrate a general point. Even when a testimonial is from a real person about a real case, that person's experience does not predict yours.

Testimonials and case examples are not endorsements of any specific attorney, and they are not predictions of outcomes. Attorneys participating in our editorial program are responsible for the accuracy of any materials they provide about their own past cases, and for compliance with their own state bar's rules on the use of testimonials and case results in attorney advertising.

11Third-party content and links

The site contains links to other websites and resources, including government agencies, court systems, public records databases, news articles, bar association directories, and the websites of attorneys we may introduce you to. We provide these links as editorial reference. We do not control these third-party sites, we are not responsible for their content, policies, or practices, and our linking to them is not an endorsement.

Any content provided to us by a third party (including attorney biographies, attorney case histories, or other third-party materials we may publish or summarize) is the responsibility of that third party. We make a good-faith effort to summarize accurately, but we do not independently verify every claim made by a third party, and any reliance on third-party content is at your own risk.

12Attorney advertising notice

Offshore Injury Help is not attorney advertising and is not operated by a law firm. The site is an editorial resource and lead generation service that may, at a reader's request, introduce qualifying readers to specialty attorneys whose practices fit the reader's case.

Some states regulate attorney advertising and lawyer referral services through their bar associations and consumer protection laws. To the extent that any portion of this site, the intake process, or our communications might be characterized as attorney advertising or as a lawyer referral service under the law of a particular state, the following applies:

• Materials supplied by any participating attorney, including attorney biographies, case results, or testimonials provided to us by an attorney, are the attorney's own and are subject to the attorney's own state bar advertising rules.
• The decision to retain an attorney is an important one that should not be based solely on advertising. Past results, including any results referenced on this site or in materials supplied by participating attorneys, do not guarantee a similar outcome.
• Offshore Injury Help does not certify, accredit, or guarantee any attorney's qualifications, competence, or quality of service, and any introduction we make is editorial, not a formal certification or referral.

13Jurisdictional coverage

Offshore Injury Help is operated from the United States and is directed to readers in the United States. Editorial content focuses on US federal maritime law (including the Jones Act, LHWCA, OCSLA, DOHSA, and general maritime law) and on US state laws where applicable. We do not provide content about, and we do not direct services to, the maritime law of other countries.

If you are outside the United States, the editorial content on this site may not apply to your situation, the attorneys we may introduce you to may not be licensed in your jurisdiction, and the introduction process may not be appropriate. The right place to start, for an injury under non-US maritime law, is with a maritime attorney licensed in the relevant jurisdiction.

Within the United States, attorneys we may introduce you to are licensed in particular states. The editor's introduction is based on a judgment that the attorney's practice fits your case in case type, jurisdiction, and severity. The judgment may be wrong in your specific situation, and the attorney may decline the case for reasons we cannot predict. If the introduction does not fit, you are free to decline and seek a different attorney without obligation to us.

14Changes to this disclaimer

We may update this disclaimer from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, in applicable law, or in our services. When we make material changes, we will update the "Effective" and "Last updated" dates at the top of this page and, where appropriate, provide additional notice.

The most current version of this disclaimer is the version in effect, and it supersedes all earlier versions. Your continued use of the site after a change has been posted is your acceptance of the updated disclaimer.

15How to contact us

If you have a question about this disclaimer, want to flag an error in the editorial content, or want to ask whether something on the site applies to your situation, the right channels are:

• Email: Info@OffshoreInjuryhelp.org (include "Disclaimer" in the subject line)
• Phone: 1-844-697-8340

The editor reviews and responds to questions about this disclaimer personally. We will not, in any response, give you legal advice. If you have a legal question that requires advice on your specific facts, the right thing to do is to talk to a licensed attorney.

Business name: The Mangione Group, Inc., operator of Offshore Injury Help.