A number of recent Florida boating accidents have been reported across the state, many of those young people on spring break. Among those reported: The death of a 19-year-old college freshman in a single-vessel Florida boating accident while on spring break in Sarasota. The death of a 21-year-old Florida A&M…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled punitive damages will no longer be allowed in injury lawsuits asserting vessel unseaworthiness and filed under federal maritime law will no longer be allowed pursuit of punitive damages. As our South Florida boating accident injury attorneys can explain, this probably won’t apply to most…
Bars, festivals, nightclubs, concerts and cruises are required to use reasonable care in ensuring the safety of patrons – particularly if they are serving substantial or unlimited quantities of alcohol – in order to prevent South Florida injuries and wrongful deaths. According to The News-Herald, a man filed a Florida…
Investigators have identified the man who died after falling off a yacht in Deering Bay as Juan Carlos Morales. The Miami-Dade boating accident took place during the annual Regatta that takes place during Columbus Day weekend. The 45-year-old Miami resident fell from diving platform on the back of a boat…
Jared Adkins, 39, and his son Calvin Adkins, 11, were hospitalized earlier this month after they were seriously injured in a Florida boating accident off the Upper Keys. While Jared has been released, as of August 13, Calvin was still in critical condition at a Miami hospital. The father and…
Six years after the Florida water scooter accident that killed 14-year-old Yasell Perez and left then-15-year-old Samantha Archer with serious injuries, their families are in court seeking damages from Yamaha for Palm Beach County wrongful death, products liability, and personal injury. The jury trial opened last week and the plaintiffs…
A 55-year-old man has died in a Florida boating accident in the Gulf of Mexico. Richard Green, a New Port Richey man, was returning from a fishing expedition with friends when the engine of their boat quit. The boaters tried to anchor the 22-foot fishing vessel but a large wave…
A teenager who was flown to the hospital on Saturday after a Palm Beach County boating accident had to have part of her leg amputated. Gabby DeSouza, 14, was swimming in the water south of Juno Beach Pier when part of her leg got caught in a boat propeller south…
A Palm Beach Gardens man who lost both his legs in an offshore boating accident last year his filed a civil lawsuit against the boat’s operator. The suit alleges that the boat’s operator, a 56-year-old Stuart man, came into the diver’s flag zone and did not render aid following the…
The Miami Herald reports that four men and three dogs fell into the Caloosahatchee River earlier this month. The boating accident occurred when two boats tied together flipped over. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the United States Coast Guard initially and recovered three men and three…