$22.5 Million
A maritime worker was loading two barges, and one rolled and crushed his legs between the two vessels. He managed to drag himself to safety and grab onto a ladder rung to prevent himself from going underwater.
$8 Million
A tug boat marine engineer was working in the engine room when a pipe containing pressurized oil cracked and sprayed oil on the engine. Upon contact with the exhaust manifold, the oil then ignited and fire filled the engine room. The engineer managed to get up the stairwell but sustained burns throughout the entirety of his body.
$5.9 Million
The plaintiff lost his balance, fell over the side of the vessel and landed on the dock approximately 35 feet below. As a result of the fall, the plaintiff broke numerous bones in his body, suffered a variety of internal injuries with damage to various organs and was diagnosed with a severe traumatic brain injury with severe frontal lobe injury.
$4.5 Million
The VALIANT, a 130-foot ocean-going tug was in a shipyard in Tampa, Florida. The plaintiff was carrying approximately a four-by-four piece of cardboard with a piece of equipment on it when he fell through the open hatch down into the engine room approximately 14 feet. As a result, Plaintiff became a T6 paraplegic. Plaintiff did not hav…
Second and Third Degree Burns
$4.5 Million
Plaintiff entered the lower pipe tunnel to perform her weekly safety checks. Plaintiff descended the ladder from the engine room, tested the aft bilge alarm, walked the length of the pipe tunnel, checked the port side escape trunk, tested the forward bilge alarm and then proceeded to climb up the ladder to the starboard escape trunk, where she recei…
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
$4 Million
Plaintiff was a crew member on a scallop vessel when he slipped and fell on the deck while returning from dumping a pile of scallops in the shucking house. Plaintiff fell in the area where the scallop dredge lands and that is the one area of the deck where there is no non-skid surface. As a result of the fall, Plaintiff sustained a mild traumatic brain injury which causes continuous dizziness, nausea to cognitive issues and prevents Plaintiff from working and limits his activities.
Mariner Injured by Lack of Safety Mechanism on Hatch
$3 Million
We obtained a $3 million settlement for a commercial fisherman injured in this type of situation. The victim had fished for several years and was working on a scallop vessel at the time of his accident.
Traumatic Brain Injury Settlement
$3 Million
Plaintiff, 28 years old, was a commercial fisherman on a scallop vessel and had fished for numerous years prior to his injury.
$2,500,000
Plaintiff entered the lower pipe tunnel to perform her weekly safety checks. Plaintiff descended the ladder from the engine room, tested the aft bilge alarm, walked the length of the pipe tunnel, checked the port side escape trunk, tested the forward bilge alarm and then proceeded to climb up the ladder to the starboard escape trunk, where she recei…
