Maritime Lawyer

A Houston woman injured on board one of Princess Cruise’s ships has sued alleging negligence. The lawsuit, which does not mention how she was injured, alleges that the company knew of the danger and did nothing to eliminate the danger.

The woman experienced injuries which have prevented her from doing simple daily tasks. It has also affected her ability to do her job. She has required a large amount of medical care between the fall in 2006 and now. She also states that she will have to continue to need medical care for her injuries in the future.

The original lawyer she hired apparently didn’t perform to her expectations and so he has been named as one of the defendants in the case filed by her new lawyer. The lawsuit has been filed in Galveston County District Court.

If you have been injured on board a cruise ship, contact the maritime lawyers of Williams Kherkher at 1-866-950-9000 to discuss your injuries and to determine your legal options.

The driver of a 24 foot boat that hit a channel marker of Florida has been arrested for fleeing the scene of an accident and for recklessly operating the boat.

The boat accident occurred when the driver hit a tall channel marker designed to warn boaters of the shore. The crash threw the boat’s three passengers overboard. One suffered injuries to her face that have damaged nerves. Another passenger suffered a separated shoulder. The third passenger had bumps and bruises.

The human passengers were injured and left to fend for themselves while the boat’s captain rescued the injured family dog. He then reportedly rushed the dog to the veterinarian. Leaving the scene of a boat accident is a class 3 felony.

If you have been injured in an accident on the seas, contact the maritime attorneys of Williams Kherkher at 1-866-950-9000 to discuss your legal options.

18 cruise ship passengers were injured when a van that was transporting them on an excursion got into an accident in Belize.

The van was heading north from the port when it hit a blue SUV driven by an American citizen in Belize. The SUV is believed to have just left the airport and was a rental car. The driver apparently lost control of the vehicle which caused it to swerve into the northbound lanes and hit the cruise ship passengers’ van head on.

Some of the injuries from the accident include a broken hip, a dislocated shoulder, cuts and abrasions, and a number of broken bones. 

If you have been injured while on a cruise ship, contact the cruise ship injury lawyers of Williams Kherkher at 1-866-950-9000 to discuss your case and to determine your legal options.

The accident last fall in San Francisco Bay in which the oil tanker Cosco Butan hit the pilings of the Bay Bridge and spilled a huge amount of oil into the Bay was the fault of the captain of the ship, according to an investigation.

According to an investigation by the state’s pilot commission, the accident was due to a series of mistakes made by the ship’s captain. The captain was in charge of the 901-foot long ship when it smashed into one of the towers of the Bay Bridge on November 7th of last year. 

The crash resulted in a 220 foot long gash in the side of the ship. It spilled more than 50,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil into the water. This hurt more than 26 miles of shoreline and killed more than 2,000 birds.

 The findings of the pilot commission are moot because the commission has authority only over a pilot’s license. The pilot formally retired and surrenered his license October 1st. He still faces a federal criminal indictment on seven counts of violating the law by spilling oil and killing federally protected birds. He could face prison time if convicted.

If you have been injured while at sea, contact the maritime lawyers of Williams Kherkher at 1-866-950-9000 to discuss your case and to determine your legal options.

Dozens of crew members were rescued from a cargo ship in the Strait of Gibraltar just before waves destroyed the ship.

 The Liberian-registered cargo ship Fedra crashed into rocks at Europa Point after two tug boats were unable to secure the 35,000 ton vessel amid extreme winds. Europa Point is Europe’s most southern point.

A helicopter was able to airlift a number of crew members before being forced to land due to hazardous weather conditions. Some other members of the crew were rescued through the use of baskets lifted by cranes. Unfortunately, hazardous weather forced this operation to be halted as well.

Rescue operations resumed the next morning when a small weather window appeared. The remainder of the crew were rescued at this point. The ship was 24 years old. The crew was made of mostly Filipino citizens. They were all taken to the hospital for evaluation.

If you have been injured on board a ship, contact the maritime injury lawyers of Williams Kherkher at 1-866-950-9000 to discuss your situation and to schedule your consultation.