Immersion suit safety violations occur when vessel owners fail to provide, maintain, or inspect these suits properly, such as defective zippers, missing lights, or inadequate training. These failures breach maritime safety regulations and create liability under the Jones Act, general maritime law, … [Read more...]
What Is Most Likely To Cause Someone To Fall Overboard?
The factor most likely to cause someone to fall overboard is loss of balance, often from alcohol use, rough seas, or leaning over railings. Slippery decks, sudden boat motion, fatigue, and distraction increase the danger. Avoiding alcohol, maintaining three points of contact, and staying alert … [Read more...]
Who Enforces Maritime Laws?
The ocean is a vast, often unforgiving body of water that connects continents, facilitates trade, and offers recreation. However, it also has its own set of rules. For people who work or play on the water, the question of who enforces maritime law is not just a trivia question; it's a … [Read more...]
How to Sue For Maritime Injury in California
After an accident at sea, on a harbor tug, or a cruise ship sailing from Long Beach, it can be hard to know how to sue for maritime injury in California. The rules are not at all like regular state personal injury law. Instead, a mix of federal regulations, centuries-old admiralty … [Read more...]
What Are The Most Common Types of Maritime Injuries?
Maritime injuries can be some of the most serious and complicated personal injury cases because working at sea is so different from other jobs. If you work on a cruise ship, in a harbor, on an offshore boat, or as a longshoreman, you are at risk of getting hurt at sea, and the laws that … [Read more...]
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