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.
Dee practiced law in New York City for many years with a well-known maritime law firm focusing on both general cargo and bodily injury claims. In 2007, she joined TMA and is now a Senior Claims Director with a particular focus on people claims. She has worked closely with many of our Cruise Line members over the past 10 years, handling all types of injury and illness claims as well as cruise curtailment claims.
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.
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.
UK P&I Club will host a live webinar on 8 April (9am ET, 2pm GMT) exploring the current trends for seagoing vessels and the challenges for dry-bulk trade on the Hidrovía - Paraná River in South America.
