Our maritime personal injury practice is led by Sidney Smolinsky, who has been practicing maritime and personal injury law since 1958. The firm represents individuals, mostly merchant seamen, who have suffered personal injury aboard ships, on offshore drilling rigs and at the dock.
We have represented merchant seaman against their shipping company employers, longshoremen against steamship companies, crewmembers and the families of deceased crewmembers in ship disasters at sea or in port. For example, we represented seriously injured seamen from the S.S. Elias explosion, which occurred in Philadelphia, and the 13 Uruguayan, and four Italian crewmembers who sustained serious injuries aboard the S.S. Claude Conway, which exploded off the coast of South Carolina.
Sacks & Weston also represents people who have sustained negligently inflicted injuries on cruise ships. In order to protect your rights related to a cruise ship injury, keep these vital points in mind: the carrier contract contains two provisions which govern lawsuits associated with cruise ship injuries. The first provision states the time limit and manner in which an injured passenger must notify the carrier of his or her injury. Second, the carrier contract indicates the venue (location) in which a lawsuit must be commenced.
Maritime claims include accidents while on an off-shore oil platform and jet ski and pleasure boating accidents, which occur at seashore resorts or on inland navigable waterways.
Because these injuries can occur anywhere there is water, we have represented clients in lawsuits in many cities including Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Savannah, Charleston, Tampa, Jacksonville, Miami, Mobile, New Orleans, Seattle, Portland Oregon, and San Francisco. Our maritime personal injury practitioners can handle a maritime case anywhere in the United States.
- Maritime Personal Injury: personal injury or death occurring while aboard a ship, pleasure boat, jet ski.
- Off-Shore Oil Platform Accidents: any accident where a person sustains bodily injury, death and/or mental distress while commuting to or from, or working on an off-shore oil rig.
If you or a loved one have sustained a maritime personal injury, you may be entitled to compensation. Please call Sacks & Weston to protect your rights at 215-925-8200 or email us at INFO@SACKSLAW.COM.