2020-Present

The plaintiff was shopping at Stop & Shop when she slipped and fell on wet/slick floors near the almond milk in the refrigerated dairy aisle. The spill/leak was approximately 12 inches from the refrigerated section. She fell directly on her right knee. A Stop & Shop employee called an ambulance, and the plaintiff was transported […]

ATH/PORTLAND – An employee of Bath Iron Works who assisted in the company’s rescue efforts for passengers on the historic schooner Mary E, after it tipped onto its side on the evening of July 30, 2021 on the Kennebec River, filed a lawsuit Dec. 27 against the Maine Maritime Museum claiming that the injuries he suffered were the result […]

Passenger vessel exemption not seen as game-changer By: Pat Murphy April 6, 2023 The wreckage of the dive boat Conception on a dock in southern California, the result of a 2019 fire that killed 34 people (ASSOCIATED PRESS) While those who defend personal injury claims arising from maritime accidents see the Limitation of Liability Act as essential […]

By Rachel Ohm September 14, 2022 The Emmy Rose, outbound from Gloucester Harbor in Massachusetts on Sept. 29, 2020. Photo by Robert Serbagi The sinking of a Portland-based fishing vessel and loss of four crew members in 2020 was likely caused by water flooding through deck hatches that weren’t watertight and didn’t have covers with proper […]

By Julie Manganis | Staff Writer Sep 22, 2022 ROCKPORT — The parents of a girl who was stabbed by a classmate in a corridor at Rockport Middle School in 2020 have filed a lawsuit against the school district, the boy who stabbed her and his parents, and their insurance company. The complaint, filed Wednesday […]

Water was dripping from ceiling of cabin; $375,000 settlement By: Mass. Lawyers Weekly Staff May 27, 2022 The plaintiff, a tourist with a church group from Maryland, was a passenger aboard a ferry (company’s identity withheld) in June 2018 traveling from Hyannis to Martha’s Vineyard for a day trip.During the voyage, there was water dripping from the […]