The Coast Guard reports it medically evacuated a 37-year-old man from the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Jewel of the Seas approximately 25 miles west of Sanibel Island, Florida Sunday, January 22, 2012. At 2:57 a.m. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg command center received a request from the Royal Caribbean cruise […]
Author: Keith S. Brais
The popularity of kayaking, and kayak fishing, has exploded in Florida. I have been a kayak angler for over nine years and have seen the sport grow from a few anglers pocketed in particular geographic locations to a statewide phenomenon. A few years ago, information about ocean kayak rigging and […]
KeyNet.com reports a vacationer from Canada nearly lost his leg in a boating accident on January 11, 2012 near Angelfish Creek, off North Key Largo. Thomas N. Davidson, 52, of Ottawa was ejected from a 16′ Dolphin flats boat owned by Tom Davidson, 71, of Key Largo in a side […]
A cruise ship passenger aboard the Norwegian Dawn in need of medical attention was medically evacuated by the Coast Guard Monday, Jan. 16, near the Bahamas. A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Florida, safely hoisted the 75-year-old passenger from Canada and a ship’s nurse from the cruise […]
Brais & Brais’ maritime lawyers Keith Brais and Richard Rusak were asked by Florida Lawyers Mutual to contribute to an article showcasing the Ship Owner’s Limitation of Liability Act. The Limitation of Liability Act enables vessel owners in certain situations to limit their liability for boating accidents to the vessel’s […]