Port of Houston
The Port of Houston is the Achilles heel of the City of Houston’s international trade. Serving as the leading Port in the great state of Texas because of its eight public terminals along the 52-mile waterway, it has the country’s most efficient container terminal.
Ranked 5th in the United States container Port based on total tonnage TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit or volume in units of twenty-foot-long containers). Handling roughly 73% of the U.S. Gulf Coast container traffic alongside accumulating 97% of the Texas market share in containers. This high container traffic is why the Port holds the number one slot across the U.S. in foreign and domestic waterborne tonnage.
With such an enormous amount of activity going on at the Port of Houston, longshoremen work tirelessly to keep the Port functioning. Since there is a frequent flow of work, this creates an operating risk for the longshoremen on the Port. Dangers arise when unloading, transporting, and carrying cargo to and from areas on the Port. Too often, companies within the Port emphasize speed and profits without considering the risk to the longshoremen. When the focus is on maximizing profits over safety, longshoremen are often injured.
Injuries can and will happen on Ports. The Port is filled with massive containers weighing upwards of two tons. If these containers are not handled safely, longshoremen face immediate danger. Accidents associated with the Port can result in death, broken limbs, or severe head injuries. When companies place the safety of their employees second and profits first, contact an attorney at Doyle Dennis who may get you the restitution you deserve. Containers often carry toxic chemicals, oils, and gas substances. When a spill of one of these containers occurs, longshoremen can suffer chemical burns, slips, falls, or even death from an explosion. In certain instances, cancer can develop in specific individuals exposed to the spilled substance. If you or anyone you know has been exposed to toxic chemicals through inhalation, skin contact, or even a catastrophic explosion, call Doyle Dennis for a free consultation
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Doyle Dennis Avery LLP Files Suit in Houston Ship Channel Maritime Death Case
Doyle Dennis Avery LLP has been retained by the family of crew member tragically killed in the July 19, 2024, collision between a towboat, known as Miss Peggy, and the Singaporean-flagged MV Yangze 7, a freightliner, in the Houston Ship Channel. The Houston Ship Channel serves the Port of Houston, located in Harris County, Texas. The family has filed a lawsuit asserting admiralty and maritime negligence claims arising from vessel owners and operators.
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$350,000 – Deaver V. Noble Drilling (US) LLC
Claims: Jones Act/Maintenance and Cure/Unseaworthiness
Jury Verdict: $350,000.00 ($340,500.00 after contributory negligence offset; judgment not yet entered).
On June 15, 2018, a Harris County District Court Jury (Houston, Texas) found that Noble Drilling (US) LLC provided an unseaworthy vessel that caused injuries to Nathan Deaver. The jury also found that Noble unreasonably and callously failed to provide Mr. Deaver with maintenance and cure benefits. Michael Patrick Doyle, Patrick Dennis, and Jeffrey Avery of Doyle Dennis Avery LLP represented Mr. Deaver as trial counsel.
The plaintiff is a Texas resident who worked as a floor hand on the drillship the M/V Noble Tom Madden – a vessel owned and operated by the Houston-based Noble Drilling. In more detail, Mr. Deaver claimed that Noble failed to provide a vessel with a properly manned and experienced crew, and that Noble also failed to provide proper safety instructions related to his work in the shaker room aboard the vessel. Despite repeated requests to Noble by Mr. Deaver, Noble failed to provide Mr. Deaver with the necessary staffing and caused Mr. Deaver to suffer injury to his ankle, heel, and foot.
Based on this conduct, the jury found that M/V Tom Madden was unseaworthy and that Noble was responsible for Mr. Deaver’s injuries.
