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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The victims of a 2003 Norwegian Cruise Line accident will be collectively recieving more than $13 million after a court ordered the cruise line to compensate the injured and the families of the 8 workers who died in the accident.
In 2003, a boiler on one of the cruise ships exploded, causing the death of 8 workers […]

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What exactly does unseaworthiness mean? Ship owners are responsible to provide a vessel that is in a good condition and fit for use. When making an unseaworhtiness claim, the claim is filed against the ship’s owner.
Seaworthy ships should have the proper safety equipment on board as well as provide a safe place for seamen to […]

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Recent concerns over crimes experienced on cruise ships has prompted the need for a cruise ship safety bill. The bill  would require for an “ocean ranger” to be present on all ships to promote passenger safety. The rangers would act as security guards, monitoring public safety and ensuring that cruise ships comply with safety and […]

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Questions over the jurisdiction of federal admiralty law have arisen after the February 24 death of Markus Groh, an Austrian attorney, who was bitten on the leg during a shark tourism dive in the Bahamas. The question at hand is whether Groh’s family is entitled to file a negligence lawsuit against the tour operator for […]

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