Blog Posts in 2012
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Posted on May 14, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Lawyer
A wrongful death lawsuit was filed on behalf of two Hungarian students who were killed in a duck boat accident in Philadelphia back in 2010. The duck boat company as well as the company of the barge ...
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Posted on May 9, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
Recently in San Francisco, a freight carrier that had become disabled needed to be rescued and tugged back to shore for repairs. The vessel was originally identified by the Coast Guard as in need of ...
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Posted on May 8, 2012 By Texas Maritime Lawyer
A tanker approaching the channel at Port Aransas, TX lost power and collided with the Rowan EXL-1 jack up drilling rig on the morning of May 3. The FR8 Pride tanker was heading inbound, lost ...
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Posted on May 7, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
Arnold & Itkin maritime lawyers Kurt Arnold, Kyle Findley and Paul Skrabanek were able to file a claim on behalf of a Jones Act seaman who was injured while working off the coast of Texas. The ...
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Posted on May 2, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
A Rhode Island tugboat master went missing when he fell overboard his vessel. The accident took place when the New York-based tug was transporting a jet fuel-carrying barge to Boston. No one saw the ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Lawyer
A recent survey shows that seamen who are facing criminal charges are often under-represented and treated unfairly. This survey was conducted worldwide and took surveys from maritime workers in 18 ...
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Posted on Apr 17, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Lawyer
The U.S. Coast Guard reported that the leading cause of this Houston Ship Channel collision was dense fog. A cargo vessel and a tanker collided in the channel December of last year near Texas City. ...
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Posted on Apr 9, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
Sembcorp Marine Ltd, an offshore manufacturing company, has recently secured a deal with the United States to manufacture a jackup rig for the purpose of international drilling. This venture is part ...
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Posted on Apr 3, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
Just a few weeks ago, a Costa Concordia ship was struck and began to leak fuel into the ocean. Salvagers have recently removed all the fuel, and the next step is to have it transported back to Genoa. ...
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Posted on Mar 27, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
Offshore workers are at a high risk of injury because of the dangerous nature of their work environments. Whether working on an oil rig or a tugboat, accidents can happen in almost any situation. ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
A natural gas explosion left a 44-year-old man in critical condition after his home completely collapsed. Although the particulars of the accident are still under investigation, the actual explosion ...
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Posted on Mar 13, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
Today in Bangladesh, a cargo boat and a ferry collided, leaving 31 people dead and many people still missing. The ferry, which was carrying around 200 people, completely sunk. Many more are expected ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
Maersk is poised to begin operations on two deepwater drillships in South Korea. The vessels, being manufactured at Samsung Heavy Industries, should be completed by the end of 2014. The total cost of ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
After a Newton, Texas man was injured while aboard a crew boat, Arnold & Itkin, LLP attorneys, Jason Itkin and Cory Itkin, filed a Jones Act lawsuit on his behalf to pursue just compensation. The ...
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Posted on Feb 28, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
Rowan Companies operate out of Texas and provide oil well drilling services and rigs. They operate 24 offshore jack up rigs and 32 land based rigs, but have recently been focusing most heavily on ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
Taking place in Virginia right now is a debate over new legislation that could limit the amount of workers' compensation benefits allotted to shipyard workers. If this bill gets approval from the ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Lawyer
In an ideal world, offshore operators would do everything in their power to insure the safety of their employees and the environment. But in reality, this is not the case. Many operations engage in ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
As a seaman, you no doubt spent a majority of your time on the deck. While this seems like it may be a safe area relative to other areas of the ship, there are plenty of circumstances that could cause ...
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Posted on Feb 9, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
Attorneys from Arnold & Itkin LLP Jason Itkin, Cory Itkin and Noah Wexler filed suit on behalf of a seaman who was injured while working on a natural gas platform in the Matagorda Island Block in ...
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Posted on Feb 6, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
Petrobras is Brazil's state-controlled oil producer, and recently it was forced to shut down its fifth most productive oil well because of a leak that was detected deep down in the Atlantic Ocean. ...
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Posted on Feb 3, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
Lloyd's Register, the global marine risk organization, held a meeting to discuss the benefits and possibility of storing LNG tanks on vessels safely. LNG stands for Liquefied Natural Gas and is ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
While at his offshore job site, a seaman suffered a serious injury to the foot after a 67-pound block fell 80 feet and landed onto his foot. As a result of the impact, the muscle and skin on his foot ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2012 By Offshore Injury Lawyer in Texas
Fifteen Indian hostages were finally released by Somali pirates after a dramatic 3-day scene on the Indian Ocean. A group of pirates were holding the hostages aboard a hijacked dhow when they decided ...
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Posted on Jan 16, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
After oil leaks in Bohai Bay last year, twenty-nine fishermen have sued China National Offshore Oil Corp. for $34 million. These fishermen have suffered heavy economic damage after oil spread to 336 ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
Attorneys Kurt Arnold and Paul Skrabanek have recently taken on a case representing an offshore worker who had been made to work with faulty chain tongs and who had sustained serious injuries as a ...
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