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Maritime Accident Cases
Serving Clients in the Portland, Oregon Area
The following is a summary of some of the results we have achieved on behalf of
our clients. Out of respect for our clients' privacy, the names of the parties
are not included in the summary.
| $1.6 Million Verdict | Jones Act Case | Construction Accident |
| 37 year old tugboat deckhand injured when walkway fell and struck him while walking underneath; Cervical fusion, lumbar fusion, and decompression of right shoulder with acromial plasty; Returned to work as a heavy equipment operator. | |
| $1.75 Million Settlement | Jones Act Case |
| 29 year old oiler forced to work for prolonged period in awkward position in confined space suffered torn latissimus dorsi muscle requiring surgery. Unable to return to work at sea. | |
| $1.725 Million Settlement | Maritime Negligence |
| Young woman sustained head injury when vessel struck dock. | |
| $611,000 Verdict | Maritime Injury |
| Tug deckhand injured L5-S1 intervertebral disk when he fell while transferring between Vessels; L5-S1 Fusion; Deckhand returned to work as assistant engineer. | |
| $320,000 Verdict | Jones Act Case |
| 30 year old deckhand fell on slippery hatch cover; Dislocation of kneecap, chondral fracture of the patella and chondral fracture of medial femoral condyle; Returned to full work duty following treatment. | |
| $600,000 Settlement | Jones Act Case |
| 50 year old man suffered fracture of tibial plateau when struck by stored metal plates which fell and struck his knee. Injury prevented return to sea. | |
| $750,000 Settlement | Jones Act Case |
| Deckhand suffered four separate shipboard injuries including a fall into unmarked, open hatch; L4-5 disc herniation and surgery; Unable to return to work as deckhand. | |
| $324,000 Verdict | Jones Act Case |
| 27 year old cook strained low back while carrying box through hatchway when ship rolled. | |
| $750,000 Verdict | Third Party Longshore |
| 70 year old longshoreman's right leg was caught in eye of mooring line and crushed against bollard. Displaced fractures of tibia and fibula and de-gloving injury of the soft tissues of leg. | |
| $753,467 Verdict | Third Party Longshore |
| 51 year old longshoreman injured when grated catwalk gave way falling 7 feet to deck below. Damage to knee required surgery. | |
| $750,000 Settlement | Jones Act Case |
| Seaman injured after falling down stairs and injuring low back aboard vessel. | |
| $192,782.64 Verdict | Negligence |
| Third-party longshore case for a 30 year old man injured when a falling gangway smashed his hand between the gangway and the vessel, damaging two fingers. | |
