LATEST INJURY SETTLEMENTS
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Crab Fisherman, pushing pots, surgical back $175,000
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Crab Fishermen, fractured foot $21,000
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Processor, heavy lifting, surgical back $100,000
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Deck Hand, death $1,550,000
- Merchant Marine, fell from ladder, fractured ankle $50,000
- Processor, ammonia exposure, PTSD $72,500
- Cruise Boat Deck Hand, knee, single surgery $125,000
- Merchant Marine, soft tissue back injury $35,000
- Cruise Boat Deck Hand Assistant, foot gash, no permanent injury $45,300
- Merchant Marine, GUIDE, finger tip injury $150,000
- Deck Hand, Catcher Processor, surgical neck injury $115,000
- Tug Boat, Deck Hand / Assistant, Temporary, Slip / fall $38,500
- Catcher Processor, slip and fall, soft tissue back $45,000
- Merchant Marine, Steward, second injury, back $112,500
- Crab Fishermen, limited earnings, surgical shoulder (trial) Verdict; $191,104.59
- Merchant Marine, sift tissue back, $100,000
- Catcher processor, ammonia inhalation, temporary disability $20,000
- Catcher processor, deck hand, slip and fall, soft tissue back $24,830
- Processor, slip / fall, soft tissue $35,500
- Processor, strained foot, no permanent injury $35,000
- FELA, death with comparative negligence $330,000
- Processor, finger cut $10,000
- Processor, slip / fall, surgical back $100,000
- Deck Hand, Catcher vessel, knee injury with surgery $75,000
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Sinking vessel, fisherman swims to waiting boat, PTSD, $135,000
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Crab fisherman trips on deck, neck injury, surgery, $252,500
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Deckhand, knee injured by winch, torn meniscus, arthroscopic surgery, $35,000
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Crab fisherman, hit by crab pot, neck injury, surgical fusion, $137,500
- Deckhand, knee injury, recreational boating incident, $145,000
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Past due maintenance only, $13,175
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Shoulder, rotator cuff, $30,000
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Offshore gas line, Florida, slip and fall, knee twist, $77,000
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Mild traumatic brain injury, $250,000
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Twisted foot, cyst, two surgeries on foot, $97,500
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Knee, meniscus tear / repair, limited earnings, $47,500
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Slip and fall, very limited injury, $5,000
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Back injury, pulling on chain, Louisiana assist boat, $95,000
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Slip and fall, lower back pain, no disk, $20,000
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Knee, meniscus, no permanent injury, $45,000
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Pulling on a line, low back pain, no permanent injury, $25,000
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Crabber, back / disk injury, no surgery, $225,000
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Temporary processor, low back pain, $10,000
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Crabber, twisted knee, liability question, full recovery, $30,000
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Slip and fall, low back pain, no permanent pain, $22,500
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Processor, low back pain, $15,000
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Single finger laceration, deckhand, merchant marine, full recovery, $33,000
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Processor, cart pushed into back, back injury resolved, $70,000
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Deckhand, merchant marine, prior total disability, $2,000
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Processor, slip and fall, low back pain, $30,000
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Processor, vessel sinking, no dependents, $166,666
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Processor, slip and fall, low back pain, disk - no surgery, $80,000
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Trawler, engineer, vessel sinking, $700,000
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Processor, limited earnings, slip and fall, low back pain, $15,000
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Processor, very good earnings, bilateral carpal tunnel, surgery, recovery, $192,500
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Crabber, back injury pulling on a line, disk no surgery, $120,000
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Processor, slip and fall, low back pain, no disk, $14,000
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Processor, slip and fall, low back pain, limited injury, no earnings, $5,500
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Processor, slip and fall, low back pain, no disk, $15,000
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Processor, slip and fall, low back pain, limited earnings, no disk, $20,000
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Assistant engineer, good earnings, slip, knee twist, meniscus repair, recovered, $80,000
- Processor, no earnings, slip and fall, low back pain, resolved, $10,000
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Processor, limited earnings, back injury, slip and fall with pan of fish, $69,500
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Processor, gangway gives way, thoracic fracture, nondisplaced, fully resolved, $85,000
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First mate, ankle injury (on shore), surgery to foot, limited restrictions, returned to duty, $187,500
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Deckhand, trawler, surgical back from lifting net weight chain $223,000
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Processor, no earnings history, surgical back $97,500
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Salmon fisherman, boat crashed on shore, no injury $20,000
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Processor, soft tissue back strain $25,000
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Temporary hire, slip and fall on stairs, no medical $5,000
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Crabber, good earnings history, unresolved back pain $60,000
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Processor, good earnings history, hand caught in machine, soft tissue crush injury, permanent limited function loss $496,250
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Steward's assistant, soft tissue back pain, no liability $6,205
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Licensed refer mechanic, surgical back $250,000
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Recreational boater, surgical back from wake wash, retired $175,000
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Long liner, processor, slip and fall knee injury $35,000
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Long liner, deckhand, knee (meniscus) $40,000
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Crabber, cut finger from Knox knife $12,500
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Trawler, processor, good earnings, knee surgery / recovery $50,000
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Severe asthma attack, recovered, no earnings $18,000
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Trawler QC, good earnings, severe ankle fracture / surgery $120,000
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Small passenger ferry skipper, surgical knee, full recovery $55,000
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Purse seiner, skiff man, resolved knee injury $21,000
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Tug deckhand, good earnings, severe ankle fracture / surgeries $187,500
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Trawler, processor, limited earnings, disk injury $85,000
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Trawler, freezer rat, limited earnings, disk injury 69,500
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Trawler, slip and fall, resolved back strain $10,000
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Engineer, trawler, good earnings, knee surgery $80,000
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Processor, slip and fall, unresolved back soft tissue strain $20,000
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Trawler, processor, resolved lifting back strain $15,000
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Trawler, slip and fall, no medical $5,500
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Trawler, processor, lifting back strain, resolved $14,000
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Trawler, processor, limited earnings, surgical back, disk injury $120,000
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Processor, severe, bilateral carpal tunnel, surgery, unresolved, good earnings $192,500
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Trawler, processor, limited earnings, resolved back strain $15,000
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Trawler, assistant engineer, limited earnings and limited support of dependents $800,000
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Trawler, processor, no earnings, no dependents, death $200,000
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Processor, limited earnings, disk injury, no surgery $80,000
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Processor, medium earnings, unresolved soft tissue back injury $30,000
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AB, tanker, back strain, pre-existing history, similar injury $2,000
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Processor, back injury, bruised nerve, neurological, temporary injury $70,000
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AB, cable ship, laceration to hand, resolved $33,000
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Trawler, processor, no earnings, questionable disk, questionable prior injury 15,000
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Processor, second cook, non-surgical shoulder, limited earnings 22,500
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Crabber, slip and fall, questionable liability, knee $30,000
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Processor, simple hernia, complete recovery $10,000
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Processor, back strain, fall in factory $30,000
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Crabber, back strain, hit by swinging pot $30,000
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Tug deckhand, rotator cuff (frozen fairlead) and knee (slip on deck) $395,000
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Processor, surgical back, fell in freezer $140,000
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Tenderman, back strain, slipped on slime $40,000
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Crabber, hand crushed in launcher, surgery $100,000
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Chief Engineer, neck strain, fall on oil on deck $27,000
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Tugboat tankerman, crushed heel, fall from gangway $325,000
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Deckhand, factory trawler, hit on head by falling float $200,000
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Engineer, factory trawler, fractured hand in fall, surgery $50,000
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Engineer, cargo vessel, ammonia exposure $30,000
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Crabber, fractured hand when line snapped, surgery $65,000
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Deckhand, factory trawler, fractured ankle by sweep wire, surgery $180,000
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Cook, shoulder strain $30,000
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Cook, factory trawler, fractured foot in galley in rough seas, surgery $200,000
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Crabber, crushed ulnar nerve in arm, surgery $330,000
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Crabber, hydraulic hose fracture hand, surgery $225,000
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Processor, back, fall through open hatch $30,000
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Merchant seaman, back strain $25,000
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Tender captain, fell off gangplank $45,000
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Crabber, rotator cuff, surgery $50,000
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Processor, little finger amputation $75,000
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Processor, back, fall down stairs $36,000
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Salmon tenderman, surgical neck, slipped $80,000
- Crabber, laceration to tip of middle finger $15,000
- Processor, simple hernia $14,000
- Processor, resolved frostbite to tips of two fingers $15,000
- Processor, bump on head, resolved in 3 weeks $5,000
- Processor, back strain $20,000
- Engineer, knee injury with one surgery, $100,000 (incl wages due)
- Processor, resolved wrist pain $10,000
- Processor, back disk injury, non-surgical $69,500
- Processor, non-displaced single vertabrae facture $85,000
- Licensed ab/wiper, ankle fracture $210,000 (incldues maintenance)
- Processor, disk injury, non-surgical $120,000
- Traumatically Induced Asthma Attack $18,000
- Slipped Disk, Engineer, Undoing Bolts in Engine Room $190,000
- Ankle Fracture, QC in Factory $120,000
- Ferry Boat Skipper, Cartilage / Knee Tear 55,000
- Slip and Fall, Strained Back $30,000
- Fall, Non-Displaced Fracture, Thoracic Vertebrae (healed) $ 85,000
- Back Injury, Strained From Pulling on a Wrench, Assistant Engineer. $190,000
- Fall overboard from integrated tug/barge by second mate. $575,000
- Fall overboard by cook/deckhand from river barge. $150,000
- Recreational boater, back injury from being bounced from deck chair
by operator failing to use due care and caution $175,000
- Back injury from lifting heavy bucket of debris up a ladder $220,000
+ $ 32,970 in punitive attorney's fees for failure to timely pay maintenance and cure
- Fisherman on salmon tender bumps knee against the rail meniscus tear $30,000
- Processor / deckhand knee injury from twisting, internal tissue tear $40,000
- Finger pricked / cut with knife used for cutting crab line $12,500
- Slip and fall on salmon tender, knee bumped $35,000
- Back strain from lifting, processor $25,000
- Processor knee injury, falling and twisting $97,500
- Deckhand on trawler, back sprain / strain from lifting net weight chains $223,857
- Knee injury, processor, twisting and lifting $50,000
- Processor slip and fall in galley on wet floor, back soft tissue injury $17,500
- Processor slip and fall on steps, soft tissue back injury $30,000
- Night cook, lifting bucket, back injury $210,757
- Processor / deckhand, hernia from lifting $42,500
- Salmon tender / processor, vessel lost power, stranded $30,000
- Cook, rash from latex gloves $9,178
- Fall from open door on second story warehouse, construction assistant $250,000
- Deckhand on trawler, slip and fall knee injury $70,000
- Slip / fall salmon tender, wet floor $20,000
- First assistant engineer, trawler, soft tissue back pain from lifting $176,119
- Crabber, assistant engineer, tips of two fingers, non-dominant hand,
partially crushed $350,000
- Processor, lifting frozen box of fish, soft tissue back pain $30,000
- Processor, lifting, offload box moving $45,000
- Processor, flash fire from igniting garbage burner,
no permanent injury or scarring, noise / blisters $ 15,000
- Past due maintenance, class action, maintenance denied under
Workers Compensation programs $105,132
- Cook, cut finger, repaired $14,000
- Deckhand, trawler, arm pulled by trawl line $82,000
- Processor, hand injury, repaired, loss of some function,
non-dominant hand $500,000
- Processor on trawler, fall through hatch, back injury $212,500
- Seiner, finger caught on gypsy winch,
partial amputation of finger $150,000
- Seiner, hernia from lifting ice $22,000
- Processor, single finger, partial crush, repaired $91,250
- Salmon tender, shoulder dislocation and repair $17,500
- Processor, fright from witnessing accident and near injury,
psychological injury $42,500
- Processor, injury from conveyor belt to hand $625,000
- Crabber, hit by flying object, skull fracture, repaired $175,000
- Processor, lifting injury, back pain $ 95,000
- Deckhand, trawler tender, back injury, pulling on net lines $190,000
- Deckhand, sinking vessel, no injury, psychological distress $50,000
- Processor, finger injury, repaired, unguarded machinery $115,000
- Processor, offload knee injury, falling frozen pack of fish,
meniscus tear $50,000
- Processor, lifting injury, soft tissue $75,000
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Processor, lifting injury, soft tissue $40,000

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