Sport Fishing, Charter, and Ferry Claims

Northern and Southern California Fishing Accident Attorneys
Brodsky Micklow Bull & Weiss LLP - Salmon Charters - Ferries - Whale Tours

Sport anglers on charter boats, whale watchers, ferry passengers, harbor tour passengers, and marine wildlife tourists can all suffer injuries in collisions or accidents on the water. If you have experienced a personal injury on a salmon charter or tour boat, contact the Southern and Northern California maritime personal injury attorneys at Brodsky Micklow Bull & Weiss LLP.

Passengers injured on such vessels are neither Jones Act seamen nor cruise ship passengers, but intricate questions of federal maritime law and admiralty jurisdiction can still play a decisive role in resolving their cases.

Typically, the plaintiff will seek to establish negligence on the part of the owner or operator of the vessel. Unseaworthiness, including matters concerning the vessel's equipment and maintenance, is not an issue in these cases in the same way it relates to Jones Act claims, but can be considered as evidence of negligence.

As in cases involving recreational boating accidents, an owner claiming no knowledge of negligence or dangerous conditions might try to limit its total liability exposure to an amount equal to the value of the vessel, as the City of New York sought to do after the Staten Island ferry disaster in 2003. This figure is always just a tiny fraction of the true damages in a water disaster involving many victims.

Damages questions in lawsuits involving ferry, tour, or charter boats can be very difficult, and often involve conflicts between state and federal law. In order to make sure your claim settles for its full value, you need skilled and experienced maritime personal injury representation.

If you've been injured on a charter fishing vessel, whale watching boat, or harbor tour, contact Brodsky Micklow Bull & Weiss LLP. It's very unlikely that even a skillful personal injury attorney who's unfamiliar with maritime law can identify and analyze the full range of your rights or anticipate the defenses you'll face. Because we concentrate our practice on California maritime personal injury claims, we'll be sure to pursue all of your available claims.

Brodsky Micklow Bull & Weiss LLP - California Ferry Accident Attorneys

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California fishing accident attorneys and San Diego-San Francisco sport fishing injury lawyers Brodsky Micklow Bull & Weiss LLP represent persons with personal injury lawsuit and wrongful death claims resulting from accidents suffered on charter boats, ferries, whale watching cruises, harbor cruises, and other marine transportation in Oakland, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Sacramento, Vallejo, Santa Barbara, San Pedro, Crescent City, Wilmington, Bodega Bay, Monterey, Dana Point, Pillar Point, Oxnard, Eureka, Half Moon Bay, Coos Bay, Los Angeles Harbor, and the San Francisco Bay Area.