Repercussions of Injury

Being a fisherman is a very hard, physically intensive job. You need to be able to move quickly and work long hours during the season. An injury can lead to multiple difficulties. You may be unable to return to work after an accident. Your employer could be unsympathetic to your situation. There is also a risk that the insurance company may stop paying you maintenance and cure before you have reached maximum medical recovery and you have no one to pay for your medical treatment.

Serving All Commercial Fishing Occupations

Our attorneys have helped thousands of Commercial fishermen involved in fishing accidents on the job. Our Jones Act lawyers have filed claims on behalf of clients in all kinds of fishing industry occupations from groundfishing, netting, fish trapping, clamming, lobstering and shrimping to scalloping, including:

  • Captains
  • Mates
  • Engineers
  • Deckhands
  • Fish processors
  • Cooks
  • Lumpers

Clients and Injuries of All Types

Our clients come to us from all types of fishing vessels, including draggers, scallopers, clamming vessels, in and offshore lobster boats, crab boats, seiners, gillnetters, trawlers, long liners, trollers and  processing vessels. They have suffered injuries from a variety of equipment, such as winches, scallop dredges, net drums, doors, gallust frames, blocks and lines.

Injuries caused by poor equipment maintenance, lack of proper equipment procedures, lack of proper safety procedures, failure to follow correct procedures and lack of proper safety equipment, as well as injuries from assault on board are all deserving of compensation.

Injuries Are Not Inevitable

Commercial fishing is a high-pressure environment working on a vessel dealing with the elements of the sea. When an accident happens, your employer, the owner of the vessel and its insurer will either say it was an act of god, just an accident or your fault when the cause of the accident is negligence and unseaworthiness.

Our Jones Act attorneys have been able to obtain full maintenance and cure for many injured commercial fishing employees hurt in fishing boat accidents. Whether through a trial or settlement where we have proved that the employer was negligent or the vessel was unseaworthy, we have secured past and future lost wages, compensation for impairment of earning capacity, and damages for pain and suffering, mental anguish and physical disfigurement

Commercial fishing companies have substantial resources to hire legal counsel against you. As soon as your accident happened, it was reported to the United States Coast Guard and the insurance company for the vessel. As soon as the vessel returned to port, the employer, owner and/or insurance company was on board the vessel taking statements from crewmembers and investigating the accident scene, from taking photographs to fixing or repairing the cause of the accident. It is important to protect your rights that you hire a maritime attorney and start your own investigation. Latti & Anderson LLP has on staff its own investigator who grew up and has ties to a fishing community who will start investigating your case right away.

Commercial fishing companies have substantial resources to hire legal counsel against you. If you have been injured, it is important that you act as quickly as possible using the best legal counsel at your disposal. We have been representing commercial fishermen nationwide for over 45 years. Contact our Boston maritime attorneys today so we can put our experience to work for you.