Maritime Injury and Death Claims
Beard Stacey & Jacobsen, LLP is one of the nation’s most experienced maritime personal injury firms. Our experience in handling million dollar maritime injury claims is recognized throughout the country. If you have been injured aboard a ship, tugboat, barge, ferry, tour boat or a commercial fishing vessel, the maritime injury lawyers of Beard Stacey & Jacbosen can help you recover the compensation you deserve. We have recovered millions of dollars in compensation for maritime injury victims and have a proven track record of success. We have handled thousands of Jones Act personal injury claims arising out of fishing accidents in Alaska, and can put this experience to work for you. Beard Stacey & Jacobsen is one of the few firms in the country whose lawyers focus their practice exclusively on maritime personal injury claims.
Although our practice principally involves injured seaman on the west coast, from San Diego to Alaska, the firm’s clients include injury victims from all corners of the United States. Some of our clients include: the widow of a ship’s pilot in Maine; a New York City policeman working on a harbor patrol boat; a Boston fireman working on a city fireboat; the family of a crewman aboard an oil supply ship that sunk in the Mississippi River; a tugboat crewman injured in Pennsylvania; an offshore oil rig worker injured in California; the families of crab boat crewmen killed in Oregon; and scores of injured fisherman in Washington and Alaska.
Our maritime injury law firm handles claims involving accidents to crewmen aboard:
| Tugboats and Barges | Commercial Fishing Vessels | Ferries |
| Container Ships | Freighters | Fish Processors |
| Tour Boats | Tankers | Oil Rigs |
| Cargo Ships | Tuna Clippers | Trawlers |
The Jones Act lawyers of Beard Stacey & Jacobsen have handled over 50 maritime wrongful death claims. Their experience includes investigating and proving damages in the sinking of many fishing vessels in Alaska, Washington, and Oregon. This includes the notable sinkings of the factory trawlers AreaARCTIC ROSE, ALEUTIAN ENTERPRISE, and GALAXY; the crab boat sinkings of the VESTFJORD, AMBER DAWN, PACIFIC APOLLO, NESIKA, OCEAN CHALLENGER, LIN J, and PACE SETTER; and the sinking of the oil supply vessel LEE III in the Mississippi River. The attorneys of Beard Stacey & Jacobsen are among the Nation’s leading maritime wrongful death lawyers.
We have handled injuries for crewmen aboard ships including:
| Brain Injuries | Back & Neck Injuries | Burns |
| Amputations | Shoulder & Arm | Drowning |
| Loss of Vision | Leg, Hip, and Foot Injuries | Hand Injuries |
Our maritime injury law firm has the resources and experience necessary to take on the big shipping, tug boat, and fishing vessel companies. Whether you are and able-bodied seaman, wiper, engineer, officer, mate, or captain, we can help you get the compensation for your injury that you deserve. Please contact us today for a free initial consultation and case evaluation.
The Federal Jones Act laws governing injuries of crewman at sea are uniform across the nation. As members of the American Trial Lawyers Association and American Maritime Law Association, our attorneys are connected with a network of lawyers across the nation that can serve as local counsel in other jurisdictions in cases involving serious injury or death to crewmen. This enables you to hire the best maritime injury lawyers possible to represent you in your claim.
Contact a Maritime Law Attorney at Beard Stacey & Jacobsen.
