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COSTA CONCORDIA Sinks in Italy Due to Human Error, Captain Under Investigation for Manslaughter

January 16, 2012

COSTA CONCORDIA Sinks in Italy Due to Human Error, Captain Under Investigation for Manslaughter Six people are dead and 16 remain missing after the cruise ship COSTA CONCORDIA hit a…

Arbitration Clauses: Do-It-Yourself Tort Reform

January 16, 2012

Arbitration Clauses: Do-It-Yourself Tort Reform Nowadays, binding arbitration clauses appear seemingly everywhere — from credit card terms and conditions to maritime employment contracts. According to Professor of Law David S.…

Worker’s Three-Year Break in Service Undermines His Jones Act Claim

January 13, 2012

In August, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court ruling out of the Southern District of Texas that an oil rig worker’s three-year break in service negated…

Norwegian Cruise Line Abandons Elderly Couple in Columbia

January 12, 2012

In October, Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Star dropped off 79-year-old Betty Coleman and her husband Ronald at a clinic in Cartagena, Columbia, and the ship then left the couple there…

CRUISE Act Seeks to Exempt Certain Foreign Ships from the Jones Act

January 11, 2012

In July, U.S. Representative Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.) introduced legislation that would amend federal maritime law to allow foreign ships to travel from U.S. port to U.S. port. Under the Jones…

Ohio Woman Killed During Cruise-Sponsored Snorkeling Excursion

January 10, 2012

Last February, 59-year-old Diana Mechling of Ohio died during a snorkeling excursion off the coast of Belize. A passenger on Holland America’s Ryndam cruise ship, she sustained fatal injuries shortly…

Longshore and Harbor Workers

December 6, 2011

The federal Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act provides compensation for lost wages, medical benefits, and rehabilitation services to approximately 500,000 workers nationwide who are not members of a crew of a…

Don’t Miss Your Window for Filing a Maritime Lawsuit

November 29, 2011

Maritime law, also known as admiralty law, deals with activities that take place on bodies of water. It protects people injured on rivers, streams, lakes, seas and oceans, as well…

Negligence Unseaworthiness Traumatic Amputation

November 11, 2011

Second Mate’s Leg Caught in Mooring Lines During Manual Release: Negligence: Unseaworthiness: Traumatic Amputation: Settlement ATLA Law Reporter August 2006 Benson v. United States U.S. Dist. Ct., D.Me., No. 1:04-cv-00195,…