Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Leg and Foot Injuries

Maritime Leg and Foot Injuries

Every year thousands of commercial fishermen, tug boat workers, ship crewmen, and other maritime workers suffer painful and debilitating leg and foot injuries ranging from broken bones and dislocations to injuries so debilitating they require amputation.

At Beard Stacey & Jacobsen, LLP, our maritime injury lawyers have more than 25 years of experience winning money damages for injured seaman. If you have sustained leg or foot injuries at sea, please contact us today for a free consultation and case evaluation.

Getting caught in a moving line and pulled around the drum
Slipping on deck
Tripping over a hose
Falling from a ladder
Being hit by heavy equipment
Getting caught in machinery
Becoming tangled in nets

© Chad Harris Were you hit by a vehicle on a car ferry? Did a parted line snap, break, and hit you in the legs? Did your leg get caught in the winch line or conveyor belt? Did you lose your toes due to frostbite? From our offices in Seattle and Anchorage, our maritime law attorneys have won substantial damage awards for seamen who have suffered these types of accidents and many more from an open wound with infection to immersion foot to toe, foot, or leg amputation.

Our lawyers are able to assess the circumstances of your injury and determine whether or not negligence was involved. If the negligence or carelessness of the boat owner or a fellow crewman led to your injury, we will work to recover the full amount of money damages you deserve for your injury, medical care, pain and suffering, and more.

We have been getting results for injured maritime workers for more than 25 years. You can trust our knowledge of the law and our understanding of maritime industries, from commercial fishing, tug boats, and ferries, to cruise ships. Please contact our law firm today to discuss your case. There is not charge for the consultation and you will pay no attorney fees unless we win your case.

Contact a Maritime Law Attorney at Beard Stacey & Jacobsen.

- Death On The High Seas Act

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.

more Verdicts & Settlements

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Lawyers in the firm are licensed to practice in Alaska, Washington, and Oregon • Maritime Personal Injury Lawyers • Seattle, WA • Anchorage, AK Serving maritime accident victims since 1982 Including commercial fishermen and mariners working out of Seattle, Tacoma, Bellingham, Portland, Astoria, Coos Bay, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Sitka, Juneau, Valdez, Kodiak, Dutch Harbor, and Dillingham. Including maritime accidents occurring in the Bering Sea, the Gulf of Alaska, Bristol Bay, and southeast Alaska.