$991 Thousand
The plaintiff, a commercial fisherman, cut his hand while working with a knife repairing a fishing net hanging from the stern of the defendant's vessel. The plaintiff ordered evidence that immediately prior to the accident on the fishing boat the plaintiff requested that the captain slow the vessel down and lower the net onto the deck in a position where it could be safely worked on. According to the plaintiff, the captain refused.
$940 Thousand
The plaintiff had gone to bed early that night, and, before going to sleep, had locked her door. In the morning early hours, on two separate occasions, the intoxicated chef used a master key given to him by other crew members, went into the plaintiff's room and sexually assaulted her.
Fractured Vertebrae, Broken Sternum, Ligament Rupture and Herniations
$925 Thousand
The captain told the plaintiff, an employee of Donna Martita Fishing Co. LLC, to go underneath the fish hose reel and feed out the hose. The entire fish hose was on the reel and had not been rolled out yet. In accordance with the captain and the mate’s instructions, the plaintiff sat on the base of the fish hose reel, his body was forward with his hands over his head to help feed out the hose. Once the ...
$920.172 Thousand
At the time of his injury, the plaintiff was a 46-year-old seaman employed by the defendant as an able bodied seaman on the passenger ferry M/V EAGLE. The plaintiff injuries occured after he was struck in the hip by a wooden stick being swung by a fellow crew member who was fighting with a third crew member.
$900 Thousand
The plaintiff was employed as a boatswain on a 755-foot integrated tug barge. On that day, the plaintiff lifted a 250-300 pound pennant line over a rail and herniated a disc in his back.
$900 Thousand
The plaintiff was a seaman and first assistant engineer on the T/S DYNACHEM. While he was in the process of disembarking the T/S DYNACHEM via the pilot ladder, the plaintiff's feet were compressed between the hull of the T/S DYNACHEM and the bow of the M/V ISLAND COMMUTER 2, which was providing launch services to the T/S DYNACHEM.
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
$837.5 Thousand
Plaintiff’s accident happened at dock when empty clam cages were being lowered back into the hold of the vessel. Once the cages are in the fish hold, the crew members have to move the cages closer together to eliminate any gaps in order to avoid clams falling through to the deck. It was practice and procedure on board the vessel to use shovels to pull the cage and drag them closer to the next cage.
Tibia and Fibula Fractures
$800 Thousand
Plaintiff was a fisherman whose leg got crushed by a stern ramp door when they were in the process of lowering the door to set out the net. Plaintiff was diagnosed with acute comminuted fractures involving the distal left tibia and distal left fibula. Plaintiff underwent multiple surgeries for closed reduction of the pilon/distal tibia/fibula fracture utilizing an external fixator...
Fractures, Dislocated Shoulder and Torn Rotator Cuff, Bicep and Labrum
$800 Thousand
Plaintiff was a scalloper who worked on two scallop vessels, F/V WISDOM & F/V DECISIVE. As the F/V DECISIVE was at the dock preparing to leave, the plaintiff was crossing over from the vessel to to the dock to release the lines when his foot slipped on the dock causing him to fall in the water between the dock and vessel. Liability focused on the failure to provide a proper means of ingress and egress to the vessel, i.e. a ramp or gangway.
