What We Can Do For You

Suffering a serious injury takes a toll on the victim and his family, physically, emotionally and financially. The added stress of a lawsuit can only make things worse if the suit is not in the right hands, particularly if a family member has suffered a serious injury or died because of a maritime accident. A non-maritime attorney will be learning the law instead of protecting your rights. Many rights and defenses that arise under maritime law can limit your recovery – you need a maritime lawyer who knows the law and who knows what defenses the responsible party can bring; you need a maritime lawyer who knows how to properly investigate the accident to prevent the responsible party from bringing those defenses.

Boston maritime attorneys Carolyn Latti and David Anderson can help injured clients and their families through the difficult litigation after a maritime accident and provide advice about how to cope with the family’s new circumstances. We will:

  • Listen to your problems and concerns about treatment, finances and family. We can advise you about how to pay your bills, schedule your medical treatment and get to appointments. We will talk to you about what will happen to you further down the road and how you can cope with the changes in your life.
  • Help with medical bills payment and help coordinate the maintenance and cure you receive from your employer – the daily amounts you need to help you live.
  • Advise you as to how to handle various entities and people who may be contacting you from the employer’s, vessel owner’s or vessel operator’s insurance company or other attorneys, including:
    • Whether you should talk to them
    • Whether you should give a statement
    • Whether what you will say be used against you down the road
    • Whether they are on your side and whose interest they protect
    • Who the claims adjusters are and what their purpose is
    • What will happen if you do not talk to them
  • Have our own staff investigator start the investigation process, whether photographing the accident scene, talking to witnesses or obtaining reports from the Coast Guard, the police, other agencies investigating the accident or medical providers.
  • We will file the lawsuit, correspond with the other side and handle all aspects of your case from discovery to trial, keeping you informed and helping you through the litigation steps.
  • Fight to achieve the best verdict or settlement in your favor and make sure the funds are set up to help with your care and your family’s care in the future. We have a proven history of taking cases to trial – we will not settle the case unless it is the right thing to do or it is what the client wants. Many attorneys work on cases planning to settle them; we prepare every case is if it will go to trial.
  • If you have lost a loved one to a maritime accident, we will help the family through the grieving process and the legal process for wrongful death, and we will do our best to recover damages for your loss.
  • Make sure someone from our office is available to you every day, even on weekends.

Contact our Boston maritime lawyers right away to set up an appointment to talk to us about your accident. We will do everything we can to help you set your life back on track after a tragedy. We cannot undo the accident, but we can make sure you have the best resources through your attorneys to achieve the most compensation for you and your family to rebuild your life going forward. Please call today; we would be honored to help you and your family.