On Sunday, three boating incidents in the waters of Broward and Miami-Dade left a total of 11 people hospitalized. Just after midnight Sunday morning, two boats collided in the Intracoastal Waterway sending four people to the hospital, two of them with life-threatening injuries. Per reports, one of the boats did […]
Category: Florida Boat Accident Law
Elizabeth Goldenberg-22, her parents, and sister were participating in an airboat tour operated by The River of Grass Adventures when the airboat they were riding in stopped suddenly throwing them and the captain of the boat off the airboat. Tragically, Elizabeth was pinned under the boat’s engine cage and died […]
An interesting decision was issued from the Federal Middle District of Florida involving a yacht captain’s personal injury lawsuit. In this case, the captain filed a lawsuit in Florida state court asserting claims against his employers for Jones Act negligence, failure to provide him with a seaworthy vessel and failure […]
Although Florida’s boating season lasts practically all year, the traditional start of boating season is marked by National Safe Boating Week in or about the end of May each year. Despite not officially starting yet, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel have reported an increase in calls dealing with incidents out in […]
16-year-old Dominic Pagan of West Palm Beach was injured late Friday when a 32-Foot motor boat operated by Jay Vass ran over the scull which Pagan and his racing partner were rowing. Pagan is a skilled rower recently placing seventh in a state rowing competition. Vass admitted he did not […]
