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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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Maritime Defective Products

Alaska Maritime Products Liability Lawyers

Beard Stacey & Jacobsen, LLP

If you were injured aboard ship by a defective product or an unreasonably dangerous piece of equipment, you may be able to get compensation for your injuries under general maritime law principles or under the Jones Act. A defective piece of equipment may also cause a vessel to be unseaworthy.

Beard Stacey & Jacobsen, LLP is one of Alaska's leading maritime and admiralty personal injury law firms. We have handled thousands of maritime injury claims, recovering millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for injured seamen and their families in Alaska and across the Bering Sea.

For nearly 25 years we've been fighting for Alaska's commercial fisherman, seamen, tug boat workers, harbor workers and longshoremen. Call toll free: 1-866-974-9633 to speak directly with an experienced maritime injury attorney.

The accident may not have been your fault

Many of our past cases, several of which resulted in settlements of a million dollars or more, involved dangerous machinery or defects in a ship's equipment. These flaws could include design defects, failure to warn of a hazard, and failure to provide safeguards on dangerous machines.

Seamen and other maritime workers often thought the accident was their fault, but after they talked with an attorney at Beard Stacey & Jacobsen, LLP, we saw how a product safety-related hazard put them at risk. In serious injury cases we work with design and engineering experts throughout the U.S. to identify design flaws and engineering or manufacturing defects that make ship equipment and machinery dangerous to those using it.

If you suffered a catastrophic injury at sea, notify the ship's owners/operators and your employers right away to give them notice of your claim. Ask them to save the equipment and preserve other evidence relating to your defective or dangerous product claim.

Money damages for personal injuries

If you have been injured as a result of a dangerous product or defective piece of ship equipment, contact an experienced maritime lawyer at Beard Stacey & Jacobsen LLP, for advice. Call 1-877-DECKLAW (1-866-974-9633). We offer a free, confidential consultation for maritime injury cases.

For advice on common problems faced by injured seamen and fishermen, see: