$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.

$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...

$785 Thousand

$775 Thousand

Plaintiff was a crew member on a scallop boat, the F/V NASHIRA. On the evening of the plaintiff’s injury, the work deck was mostly full of scallops. After a pile of scallops was dumped on the deck, the captain then lowered the dredge down on top of the pile of scallops with the cutting bar and bail approximately the height of the rail...

$675 Thousand

This case involves a motorcycle - pickup truck collision on Route 3 a couple of miles outside of downtown Belfast. The plaintiff was operating his motorcycle eastbound, and a driver for the defendant was operating a Ford F350 pickup with a trailer westbound. The defendant's driver entered the left turn lane. There was no stop sign. The driver then made his left turn in front of the plaintiff, cutting him off, and the plaintiff collided with the left front side of the pickup truck.

$675 Thousand

The plaintiff sustained a cervical herniation resulting in incomplete quadriplegia while operating a small boat with Happy's Handi-Mate Outboard Motor Extension Handle off the coast of Popham Beach, Maine. The plaintiff was unable to control the speed and direction of his boat because the Handi-Mate loosened after attaching it to the outboard motor hand.

$500 Thousand

The 55-year-old plaintiff, a seaman and a crew member on the defendant's vessel, was hauling gear when the ground wires parted and the vessel lost its gear, sustaining a L4-5 disc herniation, right shoulder dislocation, rotator cuff tear, multiple abdominal injuries, lacerated liver and kidney hematoma.

$500 Thousand

Plaintiff’s was a mate on board a fishing vessel. The plaintiff suffered a crush/traction injury to his 4th and 5th finger of his right hand. This occurred when the captain activated the vessel’s main winch while the plaintiff was attempting to dislodge a part on the port side trawl door. The plaintiff alleged that the captain’s failure to follow ...

$475 Thousand

The plaintiff was a cook for the defendant corporation on the sailing vessel. The plaintiff claimed that he was continuously exposed to excessive and deafening noise.