Recent Posts in Personal Injury Category
Posted on Feb 7, 2017 By John Fulweiler
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 Jul 28, 2013 By John Fulweiler
There are numerous navigational rules and regulations relating to the lighting and marking of moored vessels. These rules and regulations explain when lighting and marking is required, and the type of ...
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Posted on Jul 24, 2013 By John Fulweiler
It’s funny, you don’t see urologists advertising for neurological patients. And mechanics don’t advertise for plumbing jobs and accountants aren’t looking to handle your house ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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, ...
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Posted on Dec 17, 2012 By John Fulweiler
John K. Fulweiler, Esq. is a boat lawyer handling personal injury claims arising from both commercial and recreational boating activities in Rhode Island and on the East and Gulf Coasts. John handles ...
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Posted on Dec 15, 2012 By John Fulweiler
John K. Fulweiler, Esq. is a Rhode Island boat attorney. In addition, he holds a United States Coast Guard license allowing him to operate boats commercially in Rhode Island and Florida. He practices ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2012 By John Fulweiler
Quonset Point, Rhode Island. Don't let anyone tell you that working on and around the water isn't dangerous. Case in point is the recent death of a Massachusetts lobsterman. Apparently he ...
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Posted on Dec 3, 2012 By John Fulweiler
Somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon Line, a court recently dismissed a maritime personal injury claim. I read court decisions because they’re sort of like Coast Guard navigation circulars. ...
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Posted on Nov 30, 2012 By John Fulweiler
What with Hurricane Sandy having come knocking earlier this Fall, it occurred to me that I ought to say a few words about the National Weather Service's new hurricane scale. This new scale is ...
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Posted on Nov 20, 2012 By John Fulweiler
Hurricanes tend to give rise to case law and in poking around I found just such an appellate decision from earlier this year. The issue that caught my eye related to the Pennsylvania Rule. Under this ...
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Posted on Nov 14, 2012 By John Fulweiler
Okay, call us skeptical, but Senators Alexander and Graham seek bipartisan support of a new waterways funding plan that would: • Remove the requirement that Olmsted Lock and Dam be funded using ...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2012 By John Fulweiler
I watch trials. Swing by my office sometime and I'll likely have a cross-examination or an opening statement streaming live on the flat screen. We pay a pretty penny for a subscription service ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2012 By John Fulweiler
September 12, 2012 --- Quonset Point, RI. Offshore fishing is one of the most dangerous jobs in the Nation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, a new federal law, may help to ...
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Posted on Mar 25, 2011 By John Fulweiler
Quonset Point, Rhode Island. Nice write-up about the law office by the good folks at Professional Mariner magazine. Give it a read by clicking HERE. --- Fulweiler llc 1-800-383-MAYDAY
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