When Your Insurance Company Will Not Pay For Damages To Your Boat
Most people that own boats will have insurance on that boat for pretty much anything that happens and causes damages to their boat. Many times, even if the damage to the boat are clearly caused by someone else’s negligence, it is simply easier to ask for your own insurance company to pay for the damages […]
Marina Fires and Other Damages at Marinas
Many people that own boats will keep them at a Marina. There are many ways for boats that are at marinas to get damaged. We have handled many different types of boat damage claims that were caused at Marinas and usually by Marina employees. Most any Marina will have liability insurance to pay for the […]
Dock Damages
Boyd Law, PA has handled many cases where a boat or barge has come into contact with a person’s dock and caused damage to the dock. Dock cases are different because of the way the damages are calculated. Typically, when a barge or a boat causes damage to a dock, the barge owner and the […]
Vessel Arrest Claims
Most people and lawyers do not know that a boat can be arrested by the US Marshal Service and held until the vessel owner posts a bond with the court in the full amount of the injured person’s damages or the boat owner could provide the court with a cash bond in the full amount […]
Unearned Wages
Jones Act seamen are entitled to unearned wages when they are injured or become sick while working on the vessel. Unearned wages are exactly what they sound like, you get the wages even though you have not earned them. For example, if you are working on a 60 day contract, and you get hurt on […]
Maintenance and Cure
If you are a Jones Act seaman, and you are injured or become sick, you are entitled to maintenance and cure whether the boat owner is negligent or not in causing your injury. All you have to prove is that you were working for the boat at the time your injury, or you were in […]
Claims By Barge Workers and Tugboat Workers
Many people in Florida work on barges as work platforms or barges that move commodities around when pushed by tugboats. These workers are typically Jones Act seamen entitled to the same personal injury type damages as fishermen are entitled to. If the barge or tugboat is unseaworthy and that causes your accident or if a […]
Claims By Fishermen
People that are employed on shrimp boats, crab boats, or any type of fishing boat, have unique maritime legal remedies if they are hurt while working. These types of workers are entitled to Jones Act remedies pursuant to the maritime law. Anyone working as a fisherman that is injured by the negligence of their employer, […]
Recreational Boating Accidents
Florida is the boating capital of the world with millions of boats on the water. Most people that own and operate boats have not taken any boating classes and are not experienced boating operators. In addition, many people that are operating a boat have been drinking alcohol that has impaired their ability to make good […]