by Clifford R. Mermell, Esq. | May 12, 2015 | Defense Base Act
If you are a contractor who has been injured on the job while working overseas in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Syria or on any military base across the world, your case is covered by the Defense Base Act which is an extension of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’...
by Clifford R. Mermell, Esq. | Jan 26, 2015 | Defense Base Act
If you are a contractor who has been injured on the job while working overseas in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Syria or on any military base across the world, your case is covered by the Defense Base Act which is an extension of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’...
by Clifford R. Mermell, Esq. | Aug 31, 2014 | Defense Base Act
Defense Base Act Lawyer Clifford R. Mermell of Gillis, Mermell & Pacheco, P.A. was awarded the prestigious 2014 Avvo Client Choice Award as a result of obtaining over 20 excellent ratings from his clients during the first half of 2014. To read some of the...
by Clifford R. Mermell, Esq. | Jul 5, 2013 | Defense Base Act
Clifford R. Mermell, Esq. has handled Defense Base Act cases for the past 22 years. He has helped residents of Florida win big cases for injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mr. Mermell has helped over 2,000 injured workers obtain valuable compensation and medical...
by Clifford R. Mermell, Esq. | Jul 2, 2013 | Defense Base Act
Did you know that under the Defense Base Act, there is a schedule for calculating benefits to certain body parts? It seems somewhat arbitrary and unfair in our opinion to assign a certain number of weeks of disability compensation for injuries to certain body parts....
