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- Cruise Ship Passenger Injuries & Death Claims
- Washington Based Flight-Seeing Plane Crash Causes Injury and Death to Cruise Ship Passengers
- Female Passenger Severely Attacked Onboard Cruise Ship
- Four Year Old Boy Drowns Onboard Norwegian Cruise Ship
- Passenger From Royal Caribbean Cruise Seeks Redress for Slip-And-Fall Injuries
- Passenger Forced to Wait for Medical Care While Dysfunctional Norwegian Cruise Ship Is Towed to Shore
- Five Fishermen Rescued from Sitkinak Island, Alaska After Boat Begins Taking on Water
- Cruise Lines and Negligence in Maritime and Admiralty Law
- Recent State Supreme Court Decision Covers What Is Necessary to Bring a Personal Injury Suit Against a Cruise Ship Company
- Four-Night Voyage on Royal Caribbean Cruise Ends with Suspected Norovirus Outbreak
- 2013 Ends With Two Passenger Disappearances on Royal Caribbean Cruise Ships
- Considering the Death On the High Seas Act in Washington After Recent Cruise Ship Lifeboat Accident
- Internal Company Documents Reveal Carnival Cruise Line Knew of Problems Before Infamous Triumph Voyage
- International Ferry Accident Raises Questions for Washington Ferry Passengers
- Another Outbreak of Norovirus Flows Through Princess Cruise Lines
- National Transportation Safety Board Holds Forum to Improve Cruise Line Safety Practices
- Cruise Ships Collide After Moorings Break in Bermuda Storm
- Cruise Ship Passenger Missing at Sea, Presumed Dead
- CDC Reports Gastrointestinal Illness on Holland America Cruise
- Cruise Vacations are Turning Into Booze Cruises
- Over 200 Passengers on Prestigious Queen Mary 2 Get Norovirus
- Cruise Ship Safety Concerns Increase as Ship Sizes Continue to Grow
- Recent Drowning on Carnival Cruise Ship Raises Questions of Cruise Line Liability under Maritime Law
- Crew Member from Carnival Cruise Line Flown to Hospital after Fall on Deck
- Italian Cruise Ship, Costa Concordia, to Be Raised in September
- Crimes on Cruise Ships Believed to Be Underreported
- Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Fire Places Spotlight on Cruise Liability Once Again
- Carnival Cruise Lines Attempts to Improve Its Reputation Through Repairs and Repayment
- Authorities Investigate Death on Royal Caribbean International Cruise
- Florida Judge Dismisses Costa Concordia Lawsuit Citing Improper Forum
- Crewmember Hurt When Cruise Ship Strikes Cable Near the Faroe Islands
- Looking for a Lawyer in the West Indies
- Jones Act Seamen Cases
- Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirm Seaman's Status Under the Jones Act
- Injured Crew Member Medevaced from Fishing Vessel
- 5th Circuit Case Shows Washington Bridge Repairmen May Be Able to Recover Compensation Under the Jones Act
- Second Circuit Court of Appeals Declines to Apply Maritime Rescue Doctrine to Injured Crew Member
- Federal Court of Appeals Clarifies Definition of Seaman under Jones Act
- Maritime Cases: State or Federal Court?
- Private Investigators: Deposition Witness Fees Paid as Experts or Fact Witnesses?
- Litigation or War of Attrition?
- Discovering the Blacklist, ''This Will Go on Your Permanent Record''
- Dancing to the Jailhouse Rock
- Are Surveillance Films Discoverable?
- Shelby
- Enhanced Injury Doctrine Adopted into the General Maritime Law
- The Effect of Intentional Concealment of a Prior Injury upon a Seaman's Claim for Jones Act Injury
- The Aborted Voyage of the Nanea
- Millions for Defense but Not One Dime for Tribute
- The One Armed-Lawyer
- Failure to Report Injuries within Seven Days not Fatal to Maritime Claims
- Lost at Sea, Search & Rescues
- Feature Article Shares Grueling Tale of Search and Survival of Lobster Fisherman Lost at Sea
- United States Court of Appeals Outlines Coast Guard's Duty to Those They Rescue
- Fishing Boat That Sank Off of Washington Coast in March Located by Investigators
- USCG Finally Calls Off Search for Missing Cruise Passenger
- USCG Rescues Crew Members of Polar Wind Tug
- Man Recently Rescued from Disabled Vessel in the Pacific
- Coast Guard Rescues Two Stranded at Sea on Recreational Vessel
- Disabled Fishing Vessel Assisted Off the Coast of Copalis Beach, Washington
- Fishing Vessel Elohim Capsized in Port Valdez
- USCG Calls Off Search for Commercial Fisherman
- Washington Coast Guard Rescues Depend on Connection Between Air and Sea
- Issues under Federal Admiralty Law
- Maintenance and Cure
- 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Declines to Alter Well-Established Principles of Maintenance and Cure
- Do Seamen and Fishermen Injured in the Service of the Ship Have a Right to Medical Care for Life?
- Rates of Maintenance in Contracts of Employment Not Enforced When too Low to Reimburse Reasonable Expenses for Recuperating Seamen
- Maria
- Should Contingent Fees Be Taken from Maintenance and Cure Recoveries?
- Local Federal Courts More Protective than State Supreme Court of Fishermen’s Right to Unearned Wages
- Fishing Company Makes 'Home Invasion' Motion
- The Effect of Maintenance Payments on: 1) Unemployment Compensation; and, 2) Child Support Obligations
- Are Punitive Damages Available for the Failure to Pay Maintenance and Cure?
- The Status of Maintenance (For Seamen) and Child Support in Washington After Aguilera v. F/T Alaska Juris, 535 F.3d 1007. 2008 AMC 1845 (9th Cir. 2008)
- Punitive Damages Now Available for Failure to Pay Maintenance and Cure
- Suing Ronald Reagan . . . My First Maritime Case
- Don't Be Fooled by the IRS Medical Mileage Deduction When Seamen are Reimbursed for Travel to Medical Appointments
- Vessel Owners Have Obligation to Authorize Medical Treatment in Advance . . . Maybe
- Shipowner Liable for Unknown Illnesses that Manifest after Seaman Has Left the Service of the Ship
- Shipowners Can No Longer Escape Their Maintenance and Cure Obligations Simply by Purchasing a Contrary Medical Opinion
- Icicle Seafoods Using Alaska Workers' Compensation to Cheat Processors out of Maintenance and Cure
- When Setting Rates of Maintenance for Seamen with a House and Family, Should the Entire Mortgage Payment Be Taken Into Account?
- Are Unearned Wages and Maintenance Payable Beyond Maximum Cure?
- Don’t Concede the First and Last Days of the Maintenance Obligation
- Too Much Seatime
- Seafood Processors - Overwork Cases
- Long Shore & Harborworkers’ Compensation Act
- Maritime Wrongful Death & Death on the High Seas Act
- Three Crew Members Die from Mystery Illness on Cargo Ship
- Vehicle Carrier Strikes Fishing Trawler, Killing Three Fishermen
- Man Dies After Two Fishing Vessels Collide 30 Miles West of La Push, Washington
- Boat Accident in Mississippi Sound Claims the Life of Biloxi Man
- American Passenger Killed after Inflatable Raft Capsized in the Arctic
- One Dead after Two Boats Collide Off of Maine Coast
- Recent Deaths from Capsizing Accidents Raises Questions on Legal Remedies Available for Families in Washington and Across the U.S.
- Cargo Ship Accident Kills at Least Seven People Off the Coast of Italy
- Tug Boat Crew Claims
- Limitation of Liability Act
- Fishing Vessels
- Maritime Damages
- Federal Court of Appeals Allows Crew Members to Pursue Punitive Damages and Hold Employer Accountable for Unseaworthy Vessel
- Second Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Bars Economic Recovery in Absence of Physical Injury
- Early Use of Statutory Offers of Settlement Can Help Effect Legislative Intent
- Are Punitive Damages Available When a Master Assaults a Deckhand? A Tale of Two Cases
- Maritime Wage Laws
- Seafarers' Award of Overtime Pay Upheld by Court of Appeals
- Pacific Seafarers Finally Claim Three Months of Unpaid Wages
- Nation's Focus on Fair Wages Centers on Washington
- Working 16 Hours a Day for No Pay
- A Maritime Employment Contract
- Are Punitive Damages Available in Wage Claims for Fishermen?
- Is Employment of Fishermen 'At Will' or is Just Cause Required for Discharge?
- Fire at Sea
- Piracy
- Maritime Safety Issues
- Coast Guard and Other Marine Associations Teach Commercial Fishing Safety Course in Pacific Northwest
- AGCS Report: 2012 Maritime Losses Increase 17%
- Coast Guard Warns Fisherman to Check Vessel Stability
- USCG Investigates Barge Incident on the Columbia River
- U.S. Coast Guard Encourages Pacific Northwest Commercial Operators and Crews to Be Well-Rested
- New York City Ferry Crash is a Warning for What Could Happen in Washington
- Fish SAFE Adopts New Set of Best Practices to Improve Fishing Vessel Safety
- USCG Conducts Operation Safe Crab
- NIOSH Statistics Confirm the Dangers of Commercial Fishing
- Collision at Sea
- Maritime Jurisdiction
- Ferry Boat Collisions and Injury Claims
- Maritime Cargo Claims
- Litigating in the Bilge
- Sailing the Seas of Maritime Law (In 35 Years of Practice)
- The Fact of Surveillance Discoverable Before A Plaintiff's Deposition
- Trial of a Maritime Case in Idaho
- “No Fish—No Pay” Practices Violate Fair Labor Standards Act
- Seaman On U.S.-Flagged Vessel Forced to Arbitrate Jones Act Claim Because Not a U.S. Citizen
- A Proposal
- CERTIORARI DENIED . . . DOWN IN FLAMES AFTER SEVEN YEARS
- Are Seamen Entitled to Maintenance While in Jail?
- Setting Rates of Maintenance: Should ‘Reasonablness’ Be Determined by Comparing a Seaman’s Mortgage to Rents in the Vicinity, or to Other Mortgages?
- Boat Owners Think They Can Cheat Employees out of Small Amounts of Wages With Impunity
- Setting Rates of Maintenance: Should ‘Reasonableness’ be Determined by Comparing a Seaman’s Mortgage to Rents in the area, or to Other Mortgages?
- Found: A commonly overlooked element of damages in seamen’s injury claims
- A Challenge To Young Lawyers Practicing Maritime Law
- Cruise Ship Passenger Injuries & Death Claims
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