Maritime Lawyer

The Coast Guard has called off its search for a missing lobsterman from Maine. The search was conducted off of the coast of New Hampshire.
The search was called off late Monday night with no plans to resume the search Tuesday. The lobsterman was lost after his boat capsized off of the Isles of Shoals. The […]

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A collision of two crab boats near Webb’s Landing in Mississippi earlier this month claimed one life and left another fisherman injured. Edward A. Rice Jr. was killed in the accident, and his passenger, whose name was not released, taken to an area hospital for treatment. The accident was witnessed by two Department of Marine […]

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The San Fransisco Bay area is about to get a lot more dangerous because of a lack of funding.
The PORTS (Physical Oceanographic Real Time System), a high tech navigation system that uses real time signals from various stations on docks around the bay, is going to be shut down next summer due to a lack of […]

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On October 22, 2007, Carlos Guzman filed his personal injury lawsuit against CBH Services Inc. and Horizon Offshore Contractors Inc. in Jefferson County District Court. The basis of the Jones Act lawsuit resulted from a back injury while moving a heavy ladder. Guzman, a Port Arthur resident, was assigned by his employer CBH to work […]

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Does maritime law protect the military?
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While maritime law technically covers any workers injured at sea, depending upon whether that worker is a member of the armed forces at the time of injury can cause some complications.
To learn more, please contact the Maritime Lawyers at Williams Kherkher by calling 1.800.220.9341.

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