Kirkland Maritime Accident Attorney
Commercial Fishing Injuries & Recreational Boating Accidents
Commercial fishing or recreational boating accidents can be devastating, career-ending, and fatal. If you find yourself dealing with a serious maritime accident, you need to hire a personal injury attorney immediately. An experienced legal advocate can investigate the circumstances of your accident and obtain corroborating statements from witnesses on the vessel or in a recreational boating accident to support your claim.
When dealing with these types of cases, you need to establish proof of liability through witness statements and other various means. The underwriter of any vessel in a commercial fishing or another vessel on the high seas should be able to obtain statements of witnesses who are critical to your case, and our attorney can help facilitate the investigation. After a job is finished, crew members often disappear, moving on to other vessels or returning home, which is why acting fast to build your case is absolutely essential.
Let Attorney Rob Kornfeld Help You
At Lindquist & Kornfeld, our experienced legal team has the resources and the experience necessary to help you after a maritime accident involving a commercial or recreational boating incident. Attorney Robert Kornfeld has more than 40 years of legal experience and he has obtained more than $35 million in compensation for his clients. If you were seriously injured, you have a right to seek compensation for the resulting damages and our firm can help you fight for the justice you deserve.
Injured After a Boating Accident? We Can Help
Following a serious accident, it is absolutely crucial to take statements when the vessel is in port. Once an accident has taken place, you must inform your attorney of all possible eyewitnesses who could have seen the incident in question, or the conditions that led to the accident. Doing so better enables the investigator may obtain statements from all possible witnesses, supporting your case.
Our Proven Results
Our top priority is to devise customized legal strategies that are tailored to the unique legal needs of our clients, no matter how simple or complicated their situations, might be.
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$34,500 Motor Vehicle Accident
Plaintiff was a passenger in a car that lost control and collided with a tree. Plaintiff sustained a left shoulder scapula fracture, depression and anxiety.
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$345,000 Motor Vehicle Accident
Resolution of a car crash case pre-suit $345,000 for a client with shoulder and knee surgery.
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$650,000 Construction Accident
Construction laborer recovers $650,000 after fall from a scissor lift. Rob Kornfeld successfully litigated and mediated a settlement for an injured worker in Spokane County, Washington.
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$1,050,000 Motor Vehicle Accident
Ankle Fracture Injury: $1,050,000 litigated settlement short of trial of an ankle fracture and surgery of female driver with permanent injuries after a roll over collision.
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$225,000 Age Discrimination
Age Discrimination and Wrongful Termination: 62 Year old woman employed by insurance company for over 25 years years is replaced by younger and less skilled worker because of her age and her inability to be treated equally as younger workers. Our client claimed she was constructively discharged and was forced to quit. Settlement short of trial was for $225,000.
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$300,000 Motor Vehicle Accident
Witter v. Fireman’s Fund: Mr. Witter suffered from a fractured wrist and faced multiple wrist surgeries in the future caused from progressive post-traumatic arthritis.
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$5,200,000 Motor Vehicle Accident
We recovered $5.2 Million from the government for a woman who sustained a spine injury in a motor vehicle accident due to an unsafe and defective highway design.
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$200,000 Race Discrimination
Fish processor recovers $200,000 for Race Discrimination aboard a fish processor because he was Hispanic.
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Confidential Settlement Medical Malpractice
Mr. & Mrs. Jane Doe v. Drs. Doe: Mrs. Doe was hospitalized at 37 weeks pregnant. It was noted that her baby was in acute fetal distress. A decision was made by a covering OB-GYN not to deliver the full-term baby. Patient was sent home and several days later, spontaneously ruptured and delivered a still born. Suit was filed alleging that the health care providers were negligent in failing to induce labor in a full term baby which was in acute fetal distress as noted in the fetal heart monitoring strips.
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Important Recreational Boating Accident or Maritime Commercial Fishing Deadlines
In order to obtain compensation for your boating damages, you need to make sure you file the correct claim. Following an accident, you may be eligible to file either A Jones Act claim, or a worker’s compensation or Labor and Industries Claim. To determine which of these claims is best for your specific situation, you must consult a knowledgeable personal injury lawyer immediately to determine filing deadlines and other requirements that could affect your claim.
Recreational boating accidents are governed by a myriad of laws including common law negligence, the Rules of the Road governing inland navigable waters, county and state laws, and perhaps municipal laws. Please consult an attorney for these nuances in the laws governing both recreational boating and negligence claims involving all sea-going vessels.
What Makes Our Firm Unique
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40+ Years of
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No Fees Unless
We Win Your CaseOur clients can focus on healing while we fight for results—because we only get paid when you do.
Call Attorney Neil Lindquist at (425) 657-5255
Boating can be exceedingly dangerous, especially for those employed on commercial vessels. Working conditions can become challenging and hazardous when the weather is poor or if the vessel sustains damage. Additionally, the employer could fail to equip the boat with adequate safety supplies, or they may overlook necessary boat maintenance, putting the entire crew in danger. Even on recreational boats, an injury is entirely possible. Another boater might cause an accident, or you could be faced with faulty mechanics or unmarked debris in the water. In any case, if you were injured due to someone else’s negligence or mistake, you have a right to take legal action and recover for your damages.
Robert Kornfeld handles claims involving the commercial fishing industry and all seagoing vessels and recreational boating injuries. Commercial fishing may involve individuals injured while working on fish processors or as crabbers, or ferry workers. He also provides legal representation in all wrongful death situations. Boating accidents are not unlike car accidents—both can be traumatizing for the injured and they can result in major physical damage. Having survived a car crash himself, Attorney Rob Kornfeld understands precisely what you’re going through and the anxiety of paying your personal bills and covering all expenses of your injury, while you are unable to work. He understands this frustration and he knows how to win.
Contact Lindquist & Kornfeld to speak with our legal team. We accept cases in Kirkland, Bellevue, Seattle, Everett, and the Greater Washington State Area. Plus, we take out-of-state cases. Call (425) 657-5255 today for a free consultation, or email Neil at Neil@Kornfeldlaw.com for a quick answer to your legal questions.
