Case examples
Types of cases we handle
Our client, a tow boat deckhand, severely injured his back while lifting heavy wires without adequate help. We brought claims and recovered against his employer under the Jones Act and for unseaworthiness.
Our client was injured while aboard a ship inspecting fuel oil cargo while in port. The ship’s crew failed to properly clean up the gangway after an oil spill which occurred during the loading process. Our client was injured when he slipped while leaving the ship and had to have shoulder surgery. We recovered damages under the General Maritime Law.
Captain of sight seeing cruise boat was injured while traveling from the dock to the boat and had to have knee surgery. His employer failed to pay maintenance & cure, as required by law. We sued and recovered under the Jones Act for damages and for the failure to pay maintenance and cure.
Deckhand on a dredge tender was injured when the tender sank while tied to a tugboat during heavy weather. Our client suffered severe PTSD and recovered under the Jones Act.
Our clients, two experienced mariners, were hired to deliver a recently retrofitted longline fishing boat to Hawaii. On the third day of their voyage the vessel sank in the Straits of Yucatan. After the boat sank, the clients were left floating there until the U.S. Coast Guard rescued them eight hours later. The boat owner failed to repatriate the vessel, which left our clients abandoned and then tried to avoid liability. So, we brought claims against the owner and recovered under the Jones Act, and the General Maritime Law for unseaworthiness and failure to pay maintenance and cure.
Our client was employed as an Oiler aboard a roll on/roll off ship and suffered injuries while manually “mucking out” the sludge tank. We brought claims against his employer and the owner of the vessel and recovered under the Jones Act, and the General Maritime Law for unseaworthiness.
Client was severely injured while riding a personal watercraft, when it was struck by another personal watercraft which had been rented from a “vessel livery operator.” The rented watercraft’s owner attempted to avoid liability under maritime law and we brought suit and recovered damages for the extreme pain and suffering and physical disfigurement our young client suffered as a result of the collision.
Client was injured while aboard a replica of a Spanish Galleon which was in port and on display. She suffered a spiral fracture of her leg which required surgery to repair. We brought suit against the foreign owner of the ship under maritime law and recovered damages for our client’s medical bills and pain and suffering.
Client was employed as an engineer on a tow boat and was exposed to air borne lead while doing his job and suffered lead poisoning as a result. His employer failed to provide him with maintenance and cure as required by law. We brought suit for negligence under the Jones Act and for unseaworthiness and failure to pay maintenance and cure under the General Maritime Law and recovered damages.