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Cruise ships, charter vessels, and recreational boats are marketed as sources of leisure, celebration, and escape. The industry spends heavily on well-advertised safety protocols, glossy marketing, and the image of a worry-free day on the water. Yet every year, thousands of passengers and crew members are seriously injured in cruise...
Even Disney Cruise Lines is not immune to injury claims, this time from a longshoreman who was hurt while working to transfer cargo from the cruise ship to a tractor trailer. Here are more details as related in an article from the Southeast Texas Record, Southeast Texas' Legal Journal... A...
Cases involving maritime law or cases where elements of the Jones Act are included can be confusing. Maritime law is complex and in many ways is different than other areas of the law. If your case involved an injury at sea or an injury aboard a boat or other vessel, you...
Here is another reason why you should contact a maritime personal injury attorney if you've been injured on a cruise. The simple reason is... You're bound to have a variety of questions that you're just not able to answer on your own. An experienced maritime or cruise ship injury...
What is a Maritime Personal Injury Lawyer? A maritime lawyer is primarily involved with a special set of laws and regulations dealing with people who may be injured on a ship or boat, as a result of either a work-related or recreational accident. And yes, often attorneys who represent passengers...
Maritime law, unlike other legal specialties, is extremely complex and requires extensive knowledge of the law. Successful management of cruise ship injury and other maritime related legal matters also requires experience dealing with mediation and / or courtroom tactics. Cruise ship injury cases are complex and difficult to pursue The...
If you're injured in a cruise ship accident, finding the right lawyer to help you out can be a tough. You're already dealing with the pain and frustration of the injury and now you have to seek out legal advice that could impact your health, finances and general well-being....
Here is some simple legal advice: If you were injured on a cruise ship, the specific circumstances surrounding your injury are extremely important and will help define your ability to file a claim and potentially receive a settlement or verdict for damages in your case. Sometimes, illnesses and injuries...
Seastreak, the New York passenger ferry that crashed into a dock last Monday January 9, resumed service today. At the time of the accident, the boat was loaded with 326 commuters and five crew members. 74 people were injured, including two who were left in critical condition. Early reports show...
Inevitably, personal injury attorneys and boating accident lawyers in New York (and perhaps around the rest of the country) will be answering questions from injured passengers and crew from Wednesday's ferry accident in Manhattan. Traumatic events like this accident can cause confusion and result in a break in normal daily...
