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The Saltwater Law Blog
Posted on Feb 9, 2017
A commercial fisherman was recently airlifted by the U.S. Coast Guard from a boat off Gloucester, MA as a result of a reported severe hand injury. While the circumstances are unknown, the fisherman is ...
Continue reading "Commercial Fisherman Suffers Hand Injury - Maritime Law Remedies?" »
Posted on Feb 7, 2017
If a vessel's crewmember is injured during his employment, he may be able to bring claims under the Jones Act for negligence or under general maritime law for unseaworthiness. It's ...
Continue reading "Able Bodied Seaman Awarded $638,603" »
Posted on Feb 3, 2017
Each year, the U.S. Coast Guard publishes a notice reporting on the results of random drug testing for the previous calendar year's MIS data and the minimum annual percentage rate for random drug ...
Continue reading "U.S. Coast Guard Random Maritime Drug Testing - What you need to know" »
Posted on Feb 2, 2017
You can lose faith sometimes, but don't lose faith in the maritime law of salvage. This is an awesome area of saltwater law and it'll have the crewmember and vessel owner making money for ...
Continue reading "Maritime Law Of Salvage . . . What it takes to make a claim" »
Posted on Feb 1, 2017
If you are looking for a brief break from the world around you, navigate over to www.dennisconner.com. Yes, the famous sailor who lost and then won back the America's Cup has his own website. ...
Continue reading "Mr. America's Cup Meets Donald Trump - A Curious Story" »
Posted on Jan 31, 2017
When you are injured aboard a cruise ship, you may feel like you don't have any rights. That's not the case. There are numerous federal statutes and extensive maritime case law pertaining to ...
Continue reading "The 2010 Cruise Vessel Safety and Security Act" »
Posted on Jan 30, 2017
Today, the U.S. Coast Guard published an amalgamated version of the U.S. Inland Navigation Rules and the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions as Sea, 1972. Prudent skippers know the ...
Continue reading "US Coast Guard Posts Amalgamated U.S. Inland and International Navigation Rules" »
Posted on Jan 25, 2017
Want to be a prudent mariner? The trick is not relying on one navigational tool alone. That is, the chart, navigational aids and the U.S. Coast Guard's recently released Light List should all be ...
Continue reading "U.S. Coast Guard Issues 2017 Light List" »
Posted on Jun 15, 2016
A lot of maritime attorneys like defending the big guys. They like defending the big cruise line, the big conglomerate and the big insurer. Sure, everyone needs a defense but I don’t have the ...
Continue reading "Seaman's Protection Act, 46 U.S.C. 2114" »
Posted on May 1, 2016
A Taiwanese citizen sued the U.S.A. for killing her husband and sinking his fishing vessel in connection with a NATO counter-piracy initiative. That is, her husband was a hostage aboard his vessel ...
Continue reading "Keeping Up With Piracy" »
Posted on Apr 5, 2016
This is a legal update from the bridge of Fulweiler llc. Lots of marine businesses include language in their maritime contracts stating "the general maritime law of the United States" ...
Continue reading "5th Circuit Wrestles with a Maritime Lien" »
Posted on Feb 26, 2016
"Sue the cruise line," is what he says craning forward to chomp on something while pressing a cocktail against his chest. "Going out in weather like that. What? There's something ...
Continue reading "Bear Trap In An Ocean Wilderness: Suing A Cruise Line" »
Posted on Feb 17, 2016
Sickened by dispersants used in the Deepwater Horizon clean-up? A February 16th ruling from the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana probably just cut off your rights of recovery. In 32 ...
Continue reading "First Responder Immunity & the DEEPWATER HORIZON" »
Posted on Feb 15, 2016
Justice Scalia. Not sure I'm a fan of his reading the Constitution in an original textual context. Scalia's approach seems to encourage the devoted to give Deuteronomy a literal read! Anyway, ...
Continue reading "Crossing the Bar: Justice Scalia and the Maritime Law" »
Posted on Oct 5, 2015
As a maritime lawyer with some fifteen years of water under my keel and another ten or so as a licensed captain, I’m always struck with the oddity of the tyranny that is shipyard life. The ...
Continue reading "The EL FARO Tragedy & Seeking Justice in a Maritime Court of Law" »
Posted on Mar 1, 2015
Like many things associated with the maritime law, the statute of limitations (that period of time within which you must bring your claim) for maritime personal injury and death claims is specially ...
Continue reading "46 U.S.C. § 30106 - Time Limit For Bringing Maritime Injury or Death Lawsuit" »
Posted on Feb 19, 2015
Defense attorneys trying to protect an insurer's deep pockets will sometimes "remove" a case from state court to federal. This "removal" is a legal mechanism that when pulled ...
Continue reading "Diving Into Shallow Water - No Admiralty Jurisdiction Says Ficarra Ruling" »
Posted on Feb 11, 2015
In a recent decision from the First Circuit Court of Appeals (essentially the federal appellate court for New England) the doctrine of Uberrimae Fidei was held to be an important part of the maritime ...
Continue reading "First Circuit says: "Yes, Uberrimae Fidei is established rule of maritime law!"" »
Posted on Feb 10, 2015
If you're a crewmember aboard a vessel, new changes to the ISM Code could prove beneficial. The ISM Code is short for the International Safety Management Code. The goals of the ISM Code are many ...
Continue reading "ISM Code Amendment Could Be Beneficial to Crew (Principles of Safe Manning, ISM Code (A.1047))" »
Posted on Oct 6, 2014
If you ever need proof of the power of big money to influence legislation, there's hardly a better example than The Shipowner's Limitation of Liability Act, 46 U.S.C. 30501, et seq. Conceived ...
Continue reading "46 U.S.C. 30501 -- The Shipowners Limitation of Liability Act" »
Posted on Oct 3, 2014
When you're injured on a boat in Rhode Island due to someone else's fault, you probably use a search engine like Google to find a boat lawyer. But be careful. Did this lawyer just put on his ...
Continue reading "Rhode Island Boat Accident Lawyer" »
Posted on Sep 7, 2014
Read admiralty attorney John K. Fulweiler, Esq.'s newest article in WindCheck Magazine by clicking HERE. Remember, Fulweiler llc is a maritime law firm through and through. We don't represent ...
Continue reading "Newport, RI Maritime Lawyer Talks Maritime Liens" »
Posted on Aug 25, 2014
Crewmembers are wards of the admiralty court. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. For instance, just a few years ago the 11th Circuit (which is always knee-deep in admiralty issues) said that ...
Continue reading "Admiralty Law & Wards of the Court" »
Posted on Aug 23, 2014
Maritime Arbitration: 9 U.S. Code § 5 - Appointment of arbitrators or umpire Did you know that when the other side in a maritime arbitration won't appoint an arbitrator, the Court can do it ...
Continue reading "Maritime Arbitration: 9 U.S. Code § 5 - Appointment of arbitrators or umpire" »
Posted on Aug 20, 2014
I sometimes envy the medical profession. For the most part, under a doctor's care you're healed or you die within a relatively short time, and the doctor moves on to his next dance partner. ...
Continue reading "Newport, RI Admiralty Lawyer Talks About Safe Berths For Ships" »
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