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 benefits. Although his main office is in Miami, he has traveled throughout […]
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. However, that is exactly what the Defense Base Act provides
Defense Base Act (DBA) Lawyers Obtain Scheduled Benefit In A Defense Base Act Case Read More »
The Defense Base Act (“DBA”) provides workers’ comp benefits to civilian employees and private military contractors injured while working outside the U.S. on bases or working for a company under a U.S. Government contract for national defense or for public works. The majority of claims today result from injuries sustained while working overseas in Afghanistan