Commercial fishermen suffer serious injuries and death with tragic regularity. At the law firm of Latti Associates LLC, our Boston fishing accident lawyers help fishermen obtain compensation for fishing accidents and injuries, as well as file wrongful death claims for families whose loved ones died at sea.
Physical well-being means everything to a fisherman, who must spend hours performing physically demanding work to earn the money they need to support their families.
If a fisherman is injured in a fishing accident in Boston or New Bedford, he has the right to obtain compensation for injuries to make up for his lost ability to work and for the pain and suffering he endured.
Being a fisherman is a very hard, physically intensive job.
You need to be able to move quickly and work long hours during the season. An injury can lead to multiple difficulties. You may be unable to return to work after an accident. Your employer could be unsympathetic to your situation.
There is also a risk that the insurance company may stop paying you maintenance and cure before you have reached maximum medical recovery, and you have no one to pay for your medical treatment.
Our Boston fishing accident attorneys have helped thousands of commercial fishermen involved in on-the-job fishing accidents.
Our Jones Act lawyers have filed claims on behalf of clients in all kinds of fishing industry occupations from groundfishing, netting, fish trapping, clamming, lobstering, and shrimping to scalloping, including:
Our clients work on every kind of boat you can think of. This includes draggers, scallopers, and clamming vessels.
We also help workers with:
All kinds of equipment have hurt the men and women we help. Winches, scallop dredges, and net drums often cause serious harm. So do doors, gallows frames, blocks, and lines.
Injuries caused by poor equipment maintenance, lack of proper equipment procedures, lack of proper safety procedures, failure to follow correct procedures, and lack of proper safety equipment, as well as maritime injuries from assault on board, are all deserving of compensation.
Commercial fishing is one of the toughest jobs out there. You’re out on a boat, far from shore, facing rough seas and dangerous conditions every day.
So when an accident happens, it’s no surprise that your employer, the boat owner, and their insurance company often try to avoid blame. They may call it an “act of God,” a simple accident, or even say it was your own fault.
But the truth is that many of these injuries result from negligence or from the vessel not being safe to work on.
Commercial fishing companies have deep pockets and legal teams ready to protect themselves—not you.
The moment your accident happened, it was reported to the United States Coast Guard and the vessel’s insurance company. By the time the boat reached port in Boston or New Bedford, the employer, owner, or insurance company was already on board.
They were taking statements from your crewmates, photographing the scene, and even fixing whatever caused your injury before anyone could take a closer look.
That’s why timing matters so much. If you’ve been hurt, you need to act fast and put the strongest legal team on your side.
We’ve been standing up for commercial fishermen across the country for more than 60 years. Our maritime law firm even has its own in-house investigator with real ties to the fishing community, ready to dig into the facts of your accident from day one.
Contact our fishing accident lawyers today, and let us put our experience to work for you.
