Boat & Ship Accidents
When you set off on your cruise to Mexico or boating trip on the Colorado River or even a Saturday morning jaunt on Mission Bay, the last thing on your mind is a serious accident. Whether your injury occurred while you were an operator, crew member or passenger, there are maritime laws that protect you.
Every year, thousands of people are injured in boat accidents and while working on vessels. There are many causes of boat and ship accidents, including:
The list of potential causes of boat accidents is endless. Fortunately, there are laws that provide legal protection for victims who have been injured on personal watercrafts, houseboats, sailboats, cruise ships, fishing vessels, tows, tugs, rigs and other vessels on the water. At the Turley Law Firm, APLC, not only are we knowledgeable in maritime law, we also have the experience necessary to battle against insurance companies and corporations to ensure that you are fully compensated for your maritime injuries.
Contact us today at (619) 234-2833 for a free legal consultation regarding your boat injury case.
Our boat accident attorneys have helped hundreds of injured victims, just like you, recover money for their injuries. There are various laws regulating the maritime industry, including the Jones Act, which protects injured seamen, General Maritime Law and the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA). For the past 22 years, we have represented various types of maritime cases such as:
- Seaman injuries
- Cruise ship injuries
- Towing accidents
- Tubing accidents
- Waterskiing accidents
- Wake boarding accidents
- Death cases
- Fishing accidents
- Propeller injuries
- Vessel negligence cases
- Orifice injuries from PWC’s
- Lawsuits against the U.S. government
We have the experience, leadership and strength to win your case.
If your injuries were the result of another person’s negligence, you can pursue compensation. The maritime lawyers at the Turley Law Firm fight for the rights of injured victims throughout California, Arizona and every ocean across the world. Our deep understanding of the law and attention to detail has earned us the reputation of being a strong opponent when it comes to dealing with insurance companies and large corporations. We utilize the latest techniques in trial advocacy and technology to help you win your case.
Over the years we have found that legal cases are won by preparation, experience, integrity and courage. At the Turley Law Firm, we do not hesitate to go against some of the largest corporations and insurance companies in the world. We also take the time to prepare our clients for their deposition and trial, so they will know what to expect.
Contact us today at (619) 234-2833 for a free legal consultation regarding your maritime injury case. We don’t get paid unless we win your case.
The Turley Law Firm handles cases in San Diego County, San Bernardino County, Orange County, Imperial County, Ventura County and in the islands of Catalina Island, Channel Islands, Coronado Island, San Clemente Island, Santa Barbara Channel Islands, Santa Cruz Islands, Santa Rosa Islands, and Gulf of Catalina. We also represent clients in Arizona, the Colorado River including Avi Resort, Bullhead City, Cienega Springs, Copper Canyon, Fisher’s Landing, Fort Mojave Indian Reservation, Gadsden, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon, Havasu N.W.R., Hidden Shores, Hoover Dam, Imperial Refuge Wilderness, Imperial Dam, Jops Landing, Kingman, La Paz County, Laguna Dam, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Lake Havasu City, Lake Mead, Lake Havasu, Laughlin, Martinez Lake, Mojave City, Mojave, Parker, Parker Dam, San Luis, Somerton, Topak, Yuma County Colorado River, Yuma Wash, Yuma Proving Ground, and Yuma County. We handle cases even if the injury occurs in Mexico, including Acapulco, Baja, Baja Peninsula, Cabo San Lucas, Cabo, Ensenada, Gulf of California, Ixtapa, La Paz, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Mexican Riveria, Puerto Vallarta, Sea of Cortez, Zihuatanejo and Tijuana. And we represent crewmembers and passengers injured or killed in every ocean or navigable waterway on earth.
Blog for Boat & Ship Accidents
Library for Boat & Ship Accidents:
- BOAT ACCIDENT SAN DIEGO - A CASE STUDY
Description: A Case Study - A boat accident on Mission Bay...Boat Accident Lawyer - San Diego
If you or a family member has been seriously injured in a boating accident in California, then it is important for you to understand how maritime law operates. This article is a case study of a vessel collision between a small inflatable power boat and a water ski boat that illustrates boat accident law. A maritime legal analysis is performed in order to illustrate boat accident negligence and vessel collision legal principals. Even though this recreational boat collision occurs in California, maritime law is Federal law. Meaning, the same navigational rules apply to all inland navigable waters in the United States. - U.S. Coast Guard Vessel Collides with Recreational Vessel During San Diego Bay Parade of Lights
Description: There was a fatal boat collision on San Diego Bay Sunday December 20, 2009. A 33 foot Coast Guard vessel collided with a smaller 20 foot recreational vessel. According to reports, there were 13 people aboard the smaller vessel. - How do you prove who caused a boat collision accident?
Description: If you were in a boat collision; how do you prove that it wasn't your fault? How do you prove the other boater was the cause of a boat collision. The Rules of the Road are used to determine fault in boat collision accidents. - Boat Accidents in California - Boat Collisions in California
Description: California is a leader in boat collisions, boater injuries and boater deaths. In California, there were 804 boating accidents reported. Out of these boat accidents, there were 482 injuries and 55 fatalities. - We are California Maritime Attorneys that are different. We don't lie to Judges, Juries or Clients. We are going to give it to you straight.
Description: Lawyers Lie to Judges, Juries and Clients. You need to know - some California Maritime Lawyers are different. There are lawyers that will be straight forward with you. - If you are injured in a boat accident in San Diego, make sure you hire a lawyer that specializes in boat accidents
Description: Injured in a San Diego boat accident? You need a "Maritime Lawyer." The last thing you need is a lawyer that specializes in everything... Many lawyers with Internet sites call themselves "boat accident lawyers." Problem is, few have the experience and qualifications to be a "Maritime Lawyer." Bill Turley is a "Proctor in Admiralty." He has been practicing maritime law (boat and ship accidents since 1986). - San Diego Boat and Ship Accident Attorney Reveals: The "Eight Cardinal Rules" For San Diego Boat and Ship Accidents? Don't Sink Your Case Before It Even Starts
Description: San Diego Maritime Lawyer Bill Turley teaches lawyer the law. Bill reveals the "Eight Cardinal Rules" for San Diego boat and ship accidents? Make sure you don't sink your case before it even starts. If you need a Maritime Lawyer from San Diego, be sure to read this before hiring your San Diego Maritime personal injury lawyer, San Diego boat accident lawyer or San Diego ship accident lawyer. - California Maritime Lawyer Explains: What is Maritime Law?
Description: What is "Maritime Law?" California Maritime Attorney Bill Turley explains... - What to do if you are injured on the waterfront? Maritime Attorney from San Diego "To Do" List
Description: If you are injured on the waterfront it is vital that you protect your rights. San Diego Maritime Lawyer teaches Lawyers the Law. Learn from the Best Honest Maritime Lawyer in San Diego. - If your injury involves a vessel / boat then you probably need a Maritime Lawyer. A California Maritime Lawyer explains what to look for in a Good Maritime Lawyer
Description: Why should you hire a California Maritime Lawyer for your vessel injury or death case? We explain what a Maritime Lawyer is and why you probably need a California Maritime Lawyer for your California Maritime case. Don't trust your California Maritime case with a "dog bite lawyer" or a "car accident lawyer" View All
Frequent Questions for Boat & Ship Accidents:
Case Results for Boat & Ship Accidents:
- $135,000 Passenger injured back due to Captain trying to jump waves with a recreational vessel.
Awarded: $135,000
- $375,000 Worker suffered lung injuries while welding aboard vessel due to inadequate ventilation.
Awarded: $375,000
- $500,000 Crew member injured back on oil platform crew boat.
Awarded: $500,000
- $475,000 Captain injured hand on Corporate Yacht due to cheap equipment.
Awarded: $475,000
- $750,000 Crew member injured aboard vessel by poorly maintained equipment
Awarded: $750,000
- $97,000 Passenger falls when stepping from yacht to poorly maintained dock.
Awarded: $97,000
- $475,000 Worker injured by co-employee in truck accident while delivering a propeller.
Awarded: $475,000
- $275,000 Worker has ankle injuries due to shipboard sandblasting injury.
Awarded: $275,000
- $200,000 Worker injured due to a vessel electrical explosion.
Awarded: $200,000
- $180,000 Sub-contractor worker has back injuries due to being hit by forklift while working aboard ship.
Awarded: $180,000
- $175,000 Girl suffers leg injuries in PWC vs. boat collision.
Awarded: $175,000
- $350,000 Crew member injured back when Captain failed to slow boat down in rough waters.
Awarded: $350,000
- $300,000 Crew member injured back on Corporate Yacht when ordered to cook in rough seas
Awarded: $300,000
- $500,000 Worker brain injuries when shipboard personnel basket dropped
Awarded: $500,000
- $145,000 Worker has back surgery due to being assaulted by supervisor aboard vessel.
Awarded: $145,000
Videos about Boat & Ship Accidents:
Web Resources for Boat & Ship Accidents:
- USCG Recreational Boating Accident Report
Description: United States Coast Guard
Federal Law requires you as the operator to file a boating accident report with your State reporting authority if you are invloved in a recreational boating accident.
BOAT SAFE.
- Marine Radiofax Charts
Description: National Weather Service
Radiofax, also known as HF FAX, radiofacsimile or weatherfax, is a means of broadcasting graphic weather maps and other graphic images via HF radio. HF radiofax is also known as WEFAX, although this term is generally used to refer to the reception of weather charts and imagery via satellite. Maps are received using a dedicated radiofax receiver or a single sideband shortwave receiver connected to an external facsimile recorder or PC equipped with a radiofax interface and application software.
A word to the wise: ALWAYS CHECK THE WEATHER BEFORE BOATING. BOAT SAFE.
- Boating Safety Resource Center - USCG
Description: Untied States Coast Guard - Boating Safety Resource Center. Site has events and current boating safety issues.
- Federal Register
Description: The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
- United States Coast Guard
Description: This is the home page for the U.S. Coast Guard. The USCG is charged with regulating boating safety in the United States. For more free information on the US Coast Guard click here.
- Glossary of Maritime Law Terms
Description: A Glossary of Maritime Law Terms from McGill Law "Tetley's Maritime and Admirialty Law"
- Glossary of Marine Terms
Description: A Glossary of Marine Terms by Insurexchange, Inc. a Fort Lauderdale, FL based professional insurance services firm
- Inland Navigational Rules
Description: Here are the US Navigational Rules for collisions and allisions on inland waters of the United States.
- COLREGS
Description: The Rules of the Road International Regulations for Avoiding Collisions at Sea. If you have a vessel collision or a vessel allision, here the the COLREGS.
- United States Navigational Rules
Description: Have a boat accident? Have a vessel collision? If the vessel collision occurred on the navigable waters of the united sates, then the United States Navigational Rules. Also known as the Rules of the Road.
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The Turley Law Firm Attorneys accept cases in the following locations in California: Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Fresno, Long Beach, Sacramento, Oakland, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Bakersfield, Riverside, Stockton, Chula Vista, Fremont, Irvine, Modesto, Glendale, San Bernardino, Huntington Beach, Oxnard, Fontana, Moreno Valley, Oceanside, Rancho Cucamonga, Santa Clarita, Garden Grove, Ontario, Pomona, Santa Rosa, Salinas, Palmdale, Hayward, Pasadena, Torrance, Corona, Lancaster, Catalina Island, Bodega Bay, Bethel Island, Half Moon Bay, Eureka, Avalon, Escondido, Alameda, Orange, Elk Grove, Sunnyvale, Fullerton, Thousand Oaks, El Monte, Simi Valley, Concord, Visalia, Vallejo, Ventura, Ventura Harbor, Marina del Ray, Morro Bay, Inglewood, Santa Clara, Pacific Ocean, Port of Los Angeles, Port of Long Beach , Port of San Pedro, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Channel, San Clemente Island, San Joaquin River, San Francisco Harbor, San Francisco Bay, Stockton, Port of Stockton, Port of Sacramento, Port San Luis, California Delta, Lake Tahoe, Colorado River, Port of San Diego, Sausalito, Santa Cruz, San Pedro, San Diego Harbor, Stockton, Oceanside Harbor, Catalina Island, Dan Point, Newport Harbor, Ventura Harbor, Port Hueneme, Vallejo, Crescent City, Yuba City, Wilmington, and the Channel Islands, and the navigable waterways of the the United States and the navigable waters of California.
The Turley Law Firm handles all type of boat and ship accidents and we are boat accident attorneys, including Jones Act attorneys, unseaworthiness attorneys, boat negligence attorneys, maintenance and cure attorneys, cruise ship attorneys, recreational boating attorneys, boat accident attorneys, ship accident attorney, boat collision attorney, ship collision attorney, barge accident attorney, barge attorney, derrick attonrey, floating work platform attorney, PWC accident attorney, personal watercraft accident attorney, sailboat accident attorney, water ski accident attorney, sailing accident attorney, tanker attorney, offshore attorney, and river accident attorneys.