Recent Posts in Boating Accident Category
Posted on Nov 25, 2011 By San Diego Personal Injury Lawyer
A tugboat pilot was sentenced to a year and a day in prison when his negligence caused a boat accident that took the lives of two tourists. The tugboat pilot was pulling a 250 foot sludge barge down a ...
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Posted on Oct 15, 2011 By San Diego Personal Injury Lawyer
News sources report that one Coast Guard graduate had an incredible first day on the job after he saved the life of a fisherman. According to the Coast Guard station in San Diego, California, the 3 rd ...
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Posted on Oct 6, 2011 By san
After losing a father and a son, one family decided to file a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the boat on which they lost their lives. The boat accident happened this year on March 27 th when ten ...
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Posted on Sep 29, 2011 By San Diego Personal Injury Lawyer
A man participating in a San Diego water race was not just disqualified, but injured after his boat capsized. The victim was taking part in a qualifying heat drag race in Mission Bay last Sunday when ...
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Posted on Jul 28, 2011 By San Diego Personal Injury Lawyer
While most people would be excited to see a whale swimming nearby their boat, two people were injured after their watercraft reportedly hit one last weekend. According to the San Diego police ...
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Posted on Jul 22, 2011 By San Diego Personal Injury Lawyer
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board concluded its investigation into the 2009 boat accident that took the life of an 8-year-old boy. Due to the Coast Guard's oversight, the blame was ...
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Posted on Apr 2, 2011 By San Diego Personal Injury Lawyer
When a sailboat capsized near Shelter Island two men lost their lives while eight more were injured last week. The 35-foot boat was cruising near the island when it suddenly capsized, throwing its ...
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Posted on Feb 12, 2011 By San Diego Personal Injury Lawyer
The United States and the Army Corps of Engineers are being sued by two women who lost loved ones in a boat accident that happened in a dam near Pittsburgh. The daughter of Gary Watson, 59, and the ...
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Posted on Jan 14, 2011 By San Diego Personal Injury Lawyer
A boat accident off the coast of Del Mar kept the Coast Guard busy for several hours searching for possible victims. They were alerted to the site of the boat accident by a fellow boater who started ...
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Posted on Dec 17, 2010 By San Diego Personal Injury Attorney
When a fishing boat overturned after hitting rocks off the coast of Victoria, a group of diving instructors came to the rescue. Ten people were rescued off Point Nepean; however, one man was dead and ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2010 By San Diego Personal Injury Attorney
In Alameda, California, the defense lawyers for the driver of a Coast Guard boat that killed an eight-year-old San Diego boy said that the military is prosecuting Petty Officer 3 rd Class Paul Ramos ...
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Posted on Aug 20, 2010 By San Diego Personal Injury Attorney
The city of San Diego, it is reported that a volunteer died after falling from the mast aboard the historic sailing ship, the Star of India. According to news sources, the Maritime Museum of San Diego ...
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Posted on Aug 7, 2010 By San Diego Personal Injury Attorney
This week in San Diego, a Navy commander said that a U.S. destroyer on a training exercise collided into a civilian boat right off the Southern California Pacific Coast. Greg Hicks, U.S. Navy ...
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Posted on Jul 29, 2010 By San Diego Personal Injury Attorney
This Saturday, it is reported that a woman died from her injuries after being involved in a single-boat accident. The boating accident allegedly occurred near Captain Hiram's Resort and the woman was ...
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