Recent Posts in Passenger Vessels Category
Posted on Jan 31, 2017 By John Fulweiler
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 By John Fulweiler
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 ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2017 By John Fulweiler
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 ...
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Posted on Feb 26, 2016 By John Fulweiler
"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 Mar 1, 2015 By John Fulweiler
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 May 25, 2013 By John Fulweiler
If you're a passenger injured aboard a cruise ship, I hope you find an admiralty attorney. Experience with auto claims, elder law, social security disability and whatever else is listed on a ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2013 By John Fulweiler
Although a cruise line obtained the dismissal of a personal injury lawsuit, it failed to recover its attorneys' fees and costs. This was the correct outcome and the cruise line was doing what, in ...
Continue reading "Are Maritime Lawyers Better at Protecting Passengers than Cruise Lines?" »
Posted on Feb 14, 2013 By John Fulweiler
This evening John K. Fulweiler, Esq. lent his maritime experience in responding to inquiries from various media outlets regarding the m/v CARNIVAL TRIUMPH. This passenger vessel reportedly lost power ...
Continue reading "Admiralty Attorney Fulweiler Gives Interviews To Press Re m/v CARNIVAL TRIUMPH" »
Posted on Feb 7, 2013 By John Fulweiler
Not paying a vessel's crew his or her wages is a lot different than, say, not paying someone who does work on your house. That is, an unpaid crew member has unique remedies available under the ...
Continue reading "Claims for Unpaid Crew Wages" »
Posted on Jan 30, 2013 By John Fulweiler
There's an incredible amount of self-serving legislative activity in this Country that's just not appreciated by its citizens. I tripped over what I believe is a good maritime example of this ...
Continue reading "Newport R.I. Maritime Attorney Talks Seafarer's Wage Penalty Statute" »
Posted on Jan 11, 2013 By John Fulweiler
Ferries are commercial vessels, too. They suffer the same indignities as their workboat brethren and are largely treated by the maritime law like any other commercial vessel. No matter its stripes, ...
Continue reading "NY Ferry Accident - A NY Maritime Attorney Responds" »
Posted on Jan 9, 2013 By John Fulweiler
Maybe you were a passenger on a cruise ship, dinner boat, harbor launch, ferry or your neighbor's Catalina 30 sailing vessel. And maybe in your capacity as a passenger you were injured, sickened, ...
Continue reading "Maritime Passenger Injury Claims" »