Maritime Lawyer

A group of Spanish workers who were contracted to work on U.S. Navy warships in Spain between the years 1950 and 1998 have been permitted to sue the company in New Jersey for asbestos-related injuries.
The ruling was made by a New Jersey appellate court. It overturned a previous lower court’s ruling that said they couldn’t sue [...]

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The pilot of the container ship that hit one of the supports for San Fransisco’s Bay Bridge has requested that some of the federal charges against him be dismissed.
In November, the Cosco Busan struck the Bay Bridge which ripped a 90 foot hole in the side of the ship. While tearing the hull of the [...]

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A cruise ship recently collided with a Manhattan pier. There are, so far, no reports of injuries.
Officials for New York City say that the collision damaged parking lot support beams on Pier 90 on the Hudson River. They would also like to mention that there is no risk of collapse.
The ship, Norwegian Spirit, was owned [...]

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A 49-year old stevedore of the Dumaguete port in the Phillipines died after fighting for his life for hours in Intensive Care at a nearby hospital.
The stevedore was apparently injured when a co-worker ran him over with a fork lift.  The victim’s supervisor says he told the victim to release the cargo net from the [...]

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