Boating Accidents
Maritime and admiralty litigation involves
claims for personal injuries, property damage, or other injuries
occurring on navigable waterways. Such claims can arise under a
wide array of circumstances, be it a personal injury arising
from a recreational watercraft collision on Lake Michigan,
property damage arising from the improper handling of goods on a
freighter on the Gulf of Mexico, or a death arising from
inadequate safety measures on a cruise ship on the Pacific
Ocean. Regardless of the circumstances, such claims generally
involve a unique and complicated series of federal--and often
state and foreign--laws governing the time and location in which
such claims must be brought and other complex procedural and
substantive limitations. Most lawyers have never encountered,
much less are familiar with, these laws. As such, it is
important to discuss your potential case with a lawyer who is
experienced in this area of the law.
A sample of Cannon & Dunphy's previous
results in Boating Accident cases:
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$3 million awarded to spouse of passenger on
a high speed boat which made too sharp a turn on Lake Michigan
during the Michigan "Smoke on the Water Poker Run" resulting in
his death.
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$1.03 million awarded to a swimmer who was
hit by a power boat at dusk causing an above the knee
amputation.
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$300,000 awarded to 14 year old girl who
sustained a severe arm injury in an inland lake boating
accident. She and a friend were riding separate rubber inner
tubes behind a power boat when her arm became entangled in the
rope pulling her tube resulting in a degloving and brachial
plexus injury to her left arm.
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