Thursday, March 11, 2010

Holland America Cruise Ship


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Injured Aboard a Holland America Cruise Ship?

Washington and Alaska Maritime Injury Lawyers

If you have been injured or sexually assaulted aboard a Holland America cruise ship, you may have claims for compensation under federal maritime law. Beard Stacey & Jacobsen, LLP is one of the nation's leading maritime injury firms. They have offices located in Seattle, Washington and Anchorage, Alaska. They have handled thousands of cases for crewmen and passengers injured through negligence aboard a ship.

Most personal injury cases involving injuries to passengers aboard ships owned by Holland America cruise lines must be filed in Seattle, Washington. Most passengers don't know this, but their ticket contract contains a venue clause requiring litigation to be filed in Seattle within one year of the date of the shipboard accident. These contractual statues of limitations and venue clauses have been repeatedly enforced by the courts. If you have been injured aboard a cruise ship, do not delay in contacting a qualified maritime lawyer to discuss your case.

The maritime lawyers at Beard Stacey & Jacobsen, LLP are available to consult with passengers seriously injured while aboard a Holland America cruise ship, or during onshore excursions and tours in Alaska. Contact one of the lawyers at Beard Stacey & Jacobsen, LLP for a free initial consultation about your claim and rights to compensation. It costs you nothing to talk with one of our maritime lawyers about your claim.

Verdicts & Settlements
  • FAILURE TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE AND CURE - $1.6 million

  • An engineer aboard an Alaska fish processor injured his back while lifting a heavy sheet of metal.  The employer denied his maintenance and cure despite medical opinions recommending further treatment.

  • FISH PROCESSOR INJURY CLAIM - $3.35 million

  • Jones Act Negligence Claim

  • TRAWL WINCH INJURY CLAIM - $1.8 million

  • Jones Act claim for shoulder and arm injury caused by negligent operation and maintenance of a trawl winch.

  • FISH PROCESSOR WRONGFUL DEATH - $1.5 million

  • Fishing vessel sinking in Alaska

  • DECKHAND INJURY - $2.35 million

  • Jones Act Verdict For Deckhand Crushed Foot Vessel found unseaworthy and negligent when moving deck hatch rolled over Deckhand's foot on a clam boat.

  • DECKHAND EXPLOSION INJURY - $4 Million

  • Ship Board Explosion Injures Deckhand Circulating seawater compressor explosion results in fisherman suffering severe burns.

  • BRAIN INJURY - $3.5 Million

  • Deckhand on tug boat injured by defective equipment.

  • WRONGFUL DEATH - $2,900,000

  • Oil response worker died when negligently installed anchor cable unspooled from winch.

  • ARM INJURY - $2,600,000

  • Fish Processor improperly trained in cleaning surimi auger, arm pulled into running auger.

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