This is certainly true. I hate to see these big Jeaux Boss bayou companies that treat mariners badly growing too big or expanding their bad treatment of mariners outside the Gulf.
I especially hate to see them putting local companys that treat their local employees well out of business. It’s worse to see them blackball all local mariners that have been doing the work for years.
In many years I’ve seen a lot of things, but I’ve never seen anyone have a heart attack. I’ve seen very few problems caused by health issues, but I have seen some.
I’ve seen very few lawsuits and no “bogus” lawsuits. The lawsuits only happened after a bad company left the injured Mariner with no choice, but to sue. Several times, I have seen companies get away with completely screwing over injured empployees, but still not get sued. This lawsuit fear thing is really overblown. If a company has good insurance, treats it employees fairly, and meets it legal obligations, it has nothing to fear from lawsuits. Being an a-hole is what causes lawsuits.