Admiralty Lawyer

According to a lawsuit filed back in September 2007, Sylvester Maye was thrown into the water and seriously injured when the vessel that he was working on capsized last year. Maye’s employer, Omega Protein Inc., is being sued by the employee for acting “with flagrant and malicious disregard of his health and safety.” Maye claims […]

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A large fishing boat sank recently in the Bering Sea just off of Alaska. The Alaska Ranger began to take on water shortly after the control of the rudder was lost. When it became evident that there was no way to save the boat, a distress signal was sent out and the 47 crewmembers began […]

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After filing a Jones Act lawsuit against the Midnight Rider for claims of unseaworthiness, seaman Jacob Robichaux and Helix Engery Solutions Group have reached a settlement. During the time of the injury, Robichaux was working on the pipelaying barge that was operating just off the shore of Texas.
He claims that he sustained his injuries in an […]

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Kenneth Tonn, 60, was sentenced last Friday to 6-20 years in prison for the deaths of David and Kathleen Gilfillan last summer. Tonn, whose blood alcohol content (BAC) was nearly twice the legal limit, lost control of his boat, which struck the Gilfillans, who were sitting on the back of a beached boat. Kathleen died […]

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