In every instance. these workers have remedies in their home nations. or in the nations where they work. At this time there are about 200 such lawsuits pending in U.S. courts seeking over $2 billion in damages. This is more than double the number of suits that were pending in 1980. Other nations do not allow their workrelated compensation laws and judicial systems to be used by noncitizens for incidents occurring beyond their jurisdiction. Hence U.S. offshore service companies have been saddled with the costs resulting from these lawsuits while their foreign offshore competitors have not had to bear such costs. Thus. the U.S. companies are at a competitive disadvantage.
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