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Driver of boat gives his account
Todd Spangler said he didn't whip an inner tube carrying two women into a dock at West Shores Lake. Spangler said the women �" his wife, Kim, and their close friend, Jennifer Finke-Dwyer �" “skipped across the water like a rock” and didn't hit the dock until 3 to 6 seconds after they had...
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Trial called in Lake George tour boat tragedy
Albany, New York - March 9, 2010 A federal judge has called a trial to determine whether another boat's wake contributed to a deadly tour boat accident on Lake George. In 2005 the Ethan Allen capsized, killing 20 elderly passengers from the Midwest. The Lake George Steamboat Company filed a...
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Published 21 hours ago

Crime or tragic accident? --Trial opens in boating fatality
The driver of a boat on trial for negligent homicide in the Father's Day 2008 death of a 34-year-old Meredith woman had a blood-alcohol level one-and-a-half times the legal limit of .08 when the power boat she was piloting hit Diamond Island, according to the state. Prosecutor Jim Carroll told...
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Published 22 hours ago

Body of Tugboat Crewmember in Houston Ship Channel Accident Recovered
The body of the tugboat worker who had been missing since the vessel sank this week, has been found. The vessel, JR Nichols sank on Wednesday night. There were five workers on board and four were rescued from the water. The fifth crewmember had been missing for a few hours. The next morning, his...
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Published 3 weeks ago

3 families in fatal boat crash suing Coast Guard
Three Rancho Peñasquitos families involved in a Coast Guard boat crash that killed an 8-year-old boy in December sued the federal government yesterday for wrongful death and negligence, with hopes of making the service overhaul how it operates on San Diego Bay. Five days before Christmas,...
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Published 3 weeks ago

Boat’s owner convicted in Fremont Canyon crash - Partying Ends Badly on Boat
CASPER �" A jury on Thursday found a Casper man guilty of two counts of aggravated assault for his role in a boat accident last spring that left four people seriously injured. Seth Linaman, 31, was also found guilty of boating under the influence. The jury of seven men and five women needed...
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Published 4 weeks ago

Seaman hit by sledge hammer plans to settle Jones Act suit
A week before his trial was to start, a Mississippi seaman said he intends to settle his personal injury lawsuit against Rowan Companies. As the Southeast Texas Record reported in August 2008, Nicky Hutson filed suit against his employer after being bonked on the head with a sledge hammer by a...
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Published a month ago

Life-threatening injuries after Jacksonville boat accident
Three adults and a child were involved in a boating accident Tuesday night at Pottsburg Creek, Jacksonville police said. The incident occurred at a boat dock in the 500 block of Bayridge Road. A Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said one person was taken to Shands Jacksonville...
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Published a month ago

Ship engineer files Jones Act suit in Galveston
GALVESTON - An Alabama seaman is suing his employer for $75,000 for injuries he reportedly sustained on the job. Leslie Vincent Tapia accuses Supreme Offshore Services Inc. of failing to furnish him safe and proper equipment on board the M/V Warren Thomas. "Such a failure to provide proper...
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Published 2 months ago

Coast Guard Medevacs seaman from tug - Andy Syska
Coast Guard medically evacuates man from tug boat JACKSONVILLE, Fla. �" The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 47-year-old man Sunday night from a 92-foot tug boat near the entrance of the St. Johns River near the Mayport, Fla., jetties. A Coast Guard Station Mayport 47-foot Motor-Lifeboat crew...
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Published 2 months ago

Juries and the Jones Act
This is from the Supreme of Washington Blog: Endicott v. Icicle Seafoods, Inc., No. 82635-8. The Jones Act is a federal law that allows an injured seaman to sue his employer for negligence. Here, Justin Endicott's arm was crushed by a fish cart aboard Icicle Seafood's ship "Bering Star." He sued...
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Published 2 months ago

East Naples woman injured by boat propeller requests new trial
Naples �" A lawyer for an East Naples woman severely injured by a boat propeller a decade ago asked for a new trial Tuesday, citing repeated “shenanigans” and violations by defense attorneys that “poisoned the jury.”
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Published 3 months ago