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You might already know that the Jones Act allows you to potentially recover compensation after a maritime accident. Claims under the Jones Act are based on negligence. Many times, that negligence comes from the owner of a vessel. Sometimes, it is a fellow crew member...
Four crewmen were rescued from a life raft Sunday night after the F/V MT Tamgas capsized 12 miles off the Oregon Coast. The captain of the MT Tamgas radio issued a mayday call reporting his vessel was capsizing and the four crewmen were abandoning ship into the vessel’s life raft. A Coast Guard helicopter rescued the crewmen and transported the…
On Wednesday, the Coast Guard rescued five fishermen from a sinking fishing vessel off the coast of Washington. The 87-foot commercial fishing vessel Sunnfjord radioed the Coast Guard for help when they were in danger of sinking due to flooding. The five crewmen had put on survival suits and were prepared to abandon the vessel. The Coast Guard dispatched…
On July 13 2017, Washington State Fish and Wildlife officers and agents for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration served search warrants for records upon Ilwaco’s Pacific Salmon Charters. The investigation relates to allegations that during the May and June halibut season two vessels operating out of Pacific Salmon Charters improperly caught and retained halibut utilizing a practice of high…
.In a landmark victory for Alaska fisherman, fish processors, deckhands and seaman, the Supreme Court of Washington has today ruled that an injured Alaska Commercial Fisherman may claim punitive damages when injured as a result of the unseaworthiness of his vessel. The case was filed by a deckhand, Allan Tabingo, who suffered near complete amputation of two fingers while working…
The Coast Guard airlifted five crewmen from the 102-foot tug Ocean Eagle on Wednesday. The Ocean Eagle is operated by Brusco Tug and Barge Company based in Longview Washington. The Ocean Eagle and the 300-foot barge it was towing went aground on Mariposa Reef on the south side of Strait Island in Sumner Strait. Weather conditions on the scene were…