On 23 December 2022, the US Coast Guard issued a Final Rule in the Federal Register to adjust the limits of liability for vessels, deep-water ports and onshore facilities under its Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90), as amended, to reflect the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) since they were last adjusted in 2019.
Great Lakes vessels trading is typically performed by dry bulk vessels that carry a variety of cargoes including ores, limestone, salt, cement, sand, grain, coal and gypsum. This article provides some insight into commercial shipping on the Great Lakes and some of what one might expect when transiting the area.
Kevin is a maritime attorney and a graduate of the Statue University of New York Maritime College, where he obtained a United States Coast Guard Third Mates' License of Unlimited Tonnage. Prior to joining Thomas Miller in 2019, Kevin worked as an associate attorney at a maritime law firm in New York, working on bodily injury, property damage and cargo claims. He has also worked as a vessel operator for a major commodities firm. Kevin specializes in bodily injury claims and is a member of the US Bodily Injury team.
This article reviews the general concepts of the 905(b) claim and how past decisions helped bring into focus some key issues related to shore-side workers' claims against vessels.
In a costly new trend, California Plaintiffs' attorneys are referring their personal injury clients to expensive, lien-based medical providers to skirt the California Supreme Court's decision in Howell v Hamilton Meats which limits plaintiffs to recovering the actual amounts paid for medical treatment not the amounts billed
This case involved a cruise ship passenger who sued the a vessel owner for claimed injuries suffered when she alleged to have tripped over a cleaning bucket that had been left near a buffet line, causing her to break her arm.
Rafael is a Senior Claims Executive, with responsibility for handling P&I and FD&D claims in the Americas, mainly focusing on South and Central America.
Marina oversees the New Jersey claims team, ensuring that it provides high-level service to all its members, and is also involved in day-to-day claims handling, focusing on collision, FFO and pollution claims.
Shipowners and operators enter into many commercial contracts each year, but sometimes these can expose them to liabilities that are beyond or prejudicial to their P&I cover.
