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$ 4,000,000 Fishing Boat Fire and Explosion
Circulating compressor explodes leading to burns to deckhand engineer

$ 3,350,000 Fish Processor Injury
Confidential settlement for fish processor injured through negligence aboard ship

$ 3,250,000 Brain Injury
Tug Boat deckhand injured on barge by unseaworthy crane

$ 2,900,000 Wrongful Death for Seaman
Oil response Worker died when winch failed

$ 2,600,000 Arm Injury
Improperly trained fish processor injured cleaning Surimi auger

$ 2,500,000 Amputated hand
Fish processor injured by unguarded fish header

$ 2,500,000 Class Action Wage Dispute for crewman maintenance and cure

$ 2,240,000 Tug Boat Deckhand hand Injury
Tug boat deck hand injured through faulty equipment

$ 2,350,000 Deckhand Injury
Deckhand's foot crushed by moving deck hatch - Boston jury verdict

$ 2,300,000 Brain Injury and Seizure disorder
Negligent failure to provide ship pilot's safe transfer between ships

$ 2,300,000 Wrongful death claims for crewmen in factory trawler sinking

$ 4,000,000 Fishing Boat Fire and Explosion
Circulating compressor explodes leading to burns to deckhand engineer

$ 3,350,000 Fish Processor Injury
Confidential settlement for fish processor injured through negligence aboard ship

$ 3,250,000 Brain Injury
Tug Boat deckhand injured on barge by unseaworthy crane

$ 2,900,000 Wrongful Death for Seaman
Oil response Worker died when winch failed

$ 2,600,000 Arm Injury
Improperly trained fish processor injured cleaning Surimi auger

$ 2,500,000 Amputated hand
Fish processor injured by unguarded fish header

$ 2,500,000 Class Action Wage Dispute for crewman maintenance and cure

$ 2,240,000 Tug Boat Deckhand hand Injury
Tug boat deck hand injured through faulty equipment

$ 2,350,000 Deckhand Injury
Deckhand's foot crushed by moving deck hatch - Boston jury verdict

$ 2,300,000 Brain Injury and Seizure disorder
Negligent failure to provide ship pilot's safe transfer between ships

$ 2,300,000 Wrongful death claims for crewmen in factory trawler sinking

$ 4,000,000 Fishing Boat Fire and Explosion
Circulating compressor explodes leading to burns to deckhand engineer

$ 3,350,000 Fish Processor Injury
Confidential settlement for fish processor injured through negligence aboard ship

$ 3,250,000 Brain Injury
Tug Boat deckhand injured on barge by unseaworthy crane

$ 2,900,000 Wrongful Death for Seaman
Oil response Worker died when winch failed

$ 2,600,000 Arm Injury
Improperly trained fish processor injured cleaning Surimi auger

$ 2,500,000 Amputated hand
Fish processor injured by unguarded fish header

$ 2,500,000 Class Action Wage Dispute for crewman maintenance and cure

$ 2,240,000 Tug Boat Deckhand hand Injury
Tug boat deck hand injured through faulty equipment

$ 2,350,000 Deckhand Injury
Deckhand's foot crushed by moving deck hatch - Boston jury verdict

$ 2,300,000 Brain Injury and Seizure disorder
Negligent failure to provide ship pilot's safe transfer between ships

$ 2,300,000 Wrongful death claims for crewmen in factory trawler sinking

$ 4,000,000 Fishing Boat Fire and Explosion
Circulating compressor explodes leading to burns to deckhand engineer

$ 3,350,000 Fish Processor Injury
Confidential settlement for fish processor injured through negligence aboard ship

$ 3,250,000 Brain Injury
Tug Boat deckhand injured on barge by unseaworthy crane

$ 2,900,000 Wrongful Death for Seaman
Oil response Worker died when winch failed

$ 2,600,000 Arm Injury
Improperly trained fish processor injured cleaning Surimi auger

$ 2,500,000 Amputated hand
Fish processor injured by unguarded fish header

$ 2,500,000 Class Action Wage Dispute for crewman maintenance and cure

$ 2,240,000 Tug Boat Deckhand hand Injury
Tug boat deck hand injured through faulty equipment

$ 2,350,000 Deckhand Injury
Deckhand's foot crushed by moving deck hatch - Boston jury verdict

$ 2,300,000 Brain Injury and Seizure disorder
Negligent failure to provide ship pilot's safe transfer between ships

$ 2,300,000 Wrongful death claims for crewmen in factory trawler sinking
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Alaska Crab Boat Sinking

Anchorage, Alaska, Crab Boat Sinking Attorneys

Alaska maritime injury and wrongful death lawyers

Every year crew members on Alaskan crab boats die because of the unsafe conditions of a ship or the negligent actions of ship owners.

Crab fishing is dangerous even in the best of circumstances. When a ship owner/captain fails to follow safety procedures, neglects maintenance and repairs, works in rough weather conditions, or overloads a ship in a way that causes it to be unstable, the ship owner may be held responsible for the crab boat sinking.

Federal maritime law, the Jones Act, and the Death on the High Seas Act allow families to seek compensation if a loved one died when a crab boat sinks. When negligence leads to an unnecessary and tragic death, this is called "wrongful death."

Prompt investigation of a crab boat sinking case is essential to protect the rights of family members to seek compensation under maritime law. Call toll free: 1-866-974-9633 to speak directly with an experienced maritime injury attorney at the Anchorage law office of Beard Stacey & Jacobsen, LLP.

Our firm has handled more than 50 maritime wrongful death cases. We have recovered millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for families in Alaska, Washington, and throughout the U.S. and have handled a number of high-profile cases, including the following vessels:

  • Arctic Rose

  • Vestfjord

  • Pacesetter

  • Lin J

  • Alaska Ranger

  • Galaxy

  • Katmai

  • Nesika

  • Aleutian Enterprise

  • Amber Dawn

  • Freya

  • Pacific Apollo

Don't trust the owner's lawyers or insurance claims adjusters to be fair with you. They are working with the insurance companies to pay as little as possible on your claim. If you are the wife, child, father, mother, or dependent relative of a fisherman lost in a fishing vessel or crab boat sinking, having a lawyer on your side with experience in maritime wrongful death claims and crab boat sinkings just makes good sense.

You have a right to compensation

Learn more about your rights to compensation under the Jones Act for negligence and unseaworthiness on a crab boat, contact an experienced Alaska maritime lawyer at Beard, Stacey & Jacobsen for advice. Call 1-877-DECKLAW (1-866-974-9633). We offer a free, confidential consultation in crab boat sinking cases throughout Alaska.