Experienced Trial Counsel for Maritime Accidents Involving Passengers, Seamen, and Longshoremen
Kreindler & Kreindler LLP has represented hundreds of seamen and their families for personal injury or wrongful death damages related to accidents on tugs, barges, tankers and other commercial vessels.
Kreindler partner Dan Rose recently secured a significant trial victory on behalf of a Navy Seaman who was tragically killed when the 17 foot training vessel he was riding in was run over by a 600 foot 8 barge flotilla on the James River in Virginia. The complicated and cutting-edge case received significant coverage in legal papers and throughout the tug boat industry. The $1,250,000 award was affirmed by the Fourth Circuit. To read the opinion click here.
Mr. Rose together with Kreindler partner Marc Moller also handled a challenging Longshore and Harbor Worker Compensation Act case involving the drowning death of Rocco Morganti, a test engineer who was employed by Lockheed Martin in Cayuga Lake, New York. Even though Lockheed Martin initially relegated the claim to New York State Workers Compensation, Rose was able to convince the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that Morganti should have a jury claim under the LHWCA. Read the opinion here. Shortly after the Second Circuit ruling, the case settled for a significant confidential amount.
Our attorneys have also represented hundreds of passengers for negligence claims arising from cruise ship or recreational boating accidents.
Kreindler partners Gretchen Nelson and Dan Rose prosecuted claims against Princess Cruise Lines, a subsidiary of Carnival, on behalf of 31 passengers arising from the listing of the Crown Princess on July 18, 2006 off the coast of Florida.
Our firm also represented 90 foreign nationals in the United States arising out of the sinking of the Sea Diamond near Santorini, Greece in 2007. That sinking bears striking similarities to the recent Costa Concordia tragedy and raises many of the same complex legal issues. Those cases were settled for confidential amounts in the United States.
Paul Edelman, who is counsel to the firm, is extremely well known in Admiralty Bar circles and has represented victims of cruise ship accidents for more than 50 years. Paul has published numerous maritime articles and was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Sailors and Seamen's Organization.
Nationwide Maritime Lawyers
Unlike other personal injury or wrongful death cases, the litigation strategies available in maritime cases are highly sensitive to the jurisdictional considerations of federal maritime law. In many situations, our client's interests will be served best if we can establish the applicability of General Maritime Law, the Jones Act, the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act (LHWCA), or other statutes and principles of maritime law.
Each case is sensitive to its own facts, however, and our attorneys analyze the factors of jurisdiction, liability and damages to pursue a strategy best suited to the demands of a given situation. Our goal in all cases is to maximize the financial return to our clients under any available theory of liability.
Whether your case is covered under the Jones Act, the LHWCA, general maritime law, or state negligence law, Kreindler & Kreindler can advise you and protect your interests on either coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, on the Great Lakes in state waters, or on the high seas. Contact us at any of our offices for a free consultation with a seasoned maritime law attorney.
