Katz Law

$15.9M

Wrongful Death, Boating Accident, Maritime Injury

Two fishermen were found dead following a collision between a fishing boat and a commercial barge being pushed by a towboat on the Tennessee River. The vessel owner, Magnolia Marine Transport Company, filed a Complaint seeking to limit its liability to $15,910,000.

$15M

Maritime Tort, Wrongful Death, Personal Injury

Settlement reached in a multi-party, multi-litigant Maritime Tort case for multiple deaths and serious injures occurring as the result of an explosion due to a gas leak aboard a towboat being refurbished at a shipyard.

$5.6M

Jet Ski Accident, Maritime Injury, Personal Injury

A woman on a jet ski was severely injured after being sucked under a commercial towboat's barge on the Illinois River. The vessel owner, Marquette Transportation Company, filed a Complaint seeking to limit its liability to $5,600,336.00 under the Limitation of Liability Act.

$3M

Personal Injury, Maritime Injury

Pre-trial settlement recovery for a Pilot that developed multiple myeloma after his long-term exposure to diesel exhaust fumes in the wheelhouse of the vessel. The case was resolved after the Defendant’s Daubert motions to bar the Plaintiff’s experts from testifying that the Pilot’s multiple myeloma was caused by exposure to the diesel exhaust, which contains numerous carcinogens, including benzene, was denied.

$2.1M

Jones Act, Personal Injury

Jones Act settlement for a pump operator who fell more than fifteen (15) feet from the top of a conveyor belt while changing a bearing when the hand rail and post atop the conveyor broke.

$2M

Jones Act, Personal Injury, Maritime Injury

Jones Act settlement for an engineer whose leg was crushed by hydraulic rudder arm aboard inland river towboat causing permanent serious and disabling injuries.