Verdicts & Settlements
Representative maritime results.
Verdicts and settlements for injured offshore and maritime workers and their families. Public jury verdicts are named; confidential settlements are described in anonymized, general terms.
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Representative matters below
Trial-tested
Taken to verdict when needed
$7,861,000
Drillship crew · Gulf of Mexico · sacroiliac-joint injury & PTSD
Fees $1,800,000 · Expenses $92,884.98
Jury Verdict
Jones Act · Unseaworthiness
$5,000,000
Operations Not Suspended
Offshore worker · severe shoulder trauma · failure to suspend operations in unsafe conditions
Fees $2,000,000 · Expenses $37,561.12
Confidential Settlement
Maritime
$4,515,000
Fatal Medical Emergency
Family of a maritime worker · fatal medical emergency · deficient emergency-response planning & treatment delays
Fees $1,580,250 · Expenses $13,648.66
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$4,500,000
Personnel-basket transfer · knee & lumbar injuries
Fees $1,860,000 · Expenses $105,452.29
Jury Verdict
Jones Act
$3,800,000
Vessel & Equipment Not Maintained
Maritime worker · severe spinal trauma · unsafe vessel & equipment
Fees $1,520,000 · Expenses $51,094.07
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$3,500,000
Unsafe Conditions, Inadequate Equipment
Offshore worker · severe back injury · unsafe conditions & inadequate equipment
Fees $1,400,000 · Expenses $38,744.21
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$3,475,000
Unsecured Equipment
Offshore worker · life-altering lower-extremity trauma · unsafe conditions & unsecured equipment
Fees $1,216,250 · Expenses $23,409.82
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$2,600,000
Fall From Height
Maritime worker · severe orthopedic trauma · fall from height · unsafe access
Fees $1,040,000 · Expenses $30,203.88
Confidential Settlement
Maritime
$2,160,000
Crew helicopter fire & ditching · Gulf of Mexico · spinal injury
Fees $820,000 · Expenses $117,502.70
Jury Verdict
Maritime · Air Transport
$2,141,717
Pike v. SeaRiver Maritime
Galley slip-and-fall · jury verdict reduced on appeal from $2.56M
Fees $936,772.52 · Expenses $77,625.97
Jury Verdict
Jones Act
$2,005,300
Delayed Evacuation
Maritime worker · permanent, disabling illness · inadequate medical response & delayed evacuation
Fees $802,120 · Expenses $47,074.45
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$2,000,000
Inadequate Equipment, Unsafe Practices
Offshore worker · severe leg trauma · inadequate equipment & unsafe work practices
Fees $760,000 · Expenses $52,395.27
Confidential Settlement
Maritime
$1,752,767
Ship's master · offshore Angola · spinal injury & PTSD ($1.5M verdict + interest)
Fees $788,745.35 · Expenses $49,603.52
Jury Verdict
Jones Act
$1,600,000
Seismic survey vessel · cervical & nerve injury
Fees $472,500 · Expenses $61,135.03
Jury Verdict
Jones Act
$1,500,000
Inadequate Supervision & Care
Maritime worker · head trauma · inadequate supervision and care
Fees $621,322 · Expenses $41,114.15
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$1,500,000
Makeshift Work Methods
Maritime worker · severe neck & shoulder trauma · deficient, makeshift methods
Fees $600,000 · Expenses $41,174.21
Confidential Settlement
Maritime
$1,500,000
Unsafe Means of Access
Maritime worker · orthopedic trauma · slip-and-fall · unsafe means of access
Fees $600,000 · Expenses $59,210.03
Confidential Settlement
Maritime
$1,500,000
Known, Uncorrected Hazard
Offshore worker · leg injury · known, uncorrected equipment hazard
Fees $675,000 · Expenses $64,696.97
Confidential Settlement
Maritime
$1,300,000
Short-Handed Vessel
Maritime worker · spinal & shoulder injuries · short-handed vessel
Fees $490,000 · Expenses $42,719.62
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$1,222,491
Dredge near Memphis · lumbar injury
Fees $400,000 · Expenses $47,276.54
Jury Verdict
Jones Act
$1,200,000
Unsafe Walking Surfaces
Offshore worker · severe slip-and-fall trauma · failure to maintain safe walking surfaces
Fees $540,000 · Expenses $55,938.59
Confidential Settlement
Maritime
$1,175,000
Two Incidents, Reporting Failures
Maritime worker · musculoskeletal trauma across two incidents · unsafe conditions & reporting failures
Fees $470,000 · Expenses $47,525.74
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$1,100,000
Unsafe Material-Handling
Offshore worker · arm injury · unsafe material-handling & inadequate supervision
Fees $440,000 · Expenses $38,888.95
Confidential Settlement
Maritime
$1,000,000
Unsafe Manual-Handling Demands
Maritime worker · lumbar injury requiring surgery · inadequate equipment
Fees $380,000 · Expenses $71,563.39
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$1,000,000
No Required Hazard Analysis
Maritime worker · severe lower-extremity fractures · unsafe work plan, no hazard analysis
Fees $400,000 · Expenses $31,756.39
Confidential Settlement
Maritime
$1,000,000
Safety-Protocol Violations
Wrongful death · fatal accident · violations of mandatory safety protocols
Fees $349,166.67 · Expenses $14,002.31
Confidential Settlement
Maritime
$950,000
Unsafe Vessel Access
Maritime worker · permanently disabling orthopedic trauma · unsafe means of vessel access
Fees $316,666.67 · Expenses $57,048.97
Confidential Settlement
Maritime
$900,000
Missing Safety Features
Maritime worker · severe back & knee trauma · unsafe conditions & missing safety features
Fees $360,000 · Expenses $38,870.86
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$875,000
Traumatic Hand Amputation
Offshore worker · traumatic hand amputation · unsafe practices & inadequate hazard controls
Fees $350,000 · Expenses $29,177.77
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$850,000
Defective, Unmaintained Equipment
Maritime worker · severe upper-extremity trauma · defective, unmaintained equipment
Fees $340,000 · Expenses $29,915.62
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$850,000
Poor Housekeeping, Cargo Ops
Maritime worker · severe ankle trauma · cargo operations · poor housekeeping & deficient risk assessment
Fees $340,000 · Expenses $64,440.66
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$850,000
Defeated the Liability Cap
Maritime worker · vessel collision · defeated the owner's attempt to cap liability via the other vessel's safety violations
Fees $326,000 · Expenses $50,382.45
Confidential Settlement
Limitation of Liability Act
$800,000
Tolerated Trip Hazard
Maritime worker · career-ending fracture · trip hazard & tolerated unsafe conditions
Fees $320,000 · Expenses $63,462.35
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$750,000
Defective Equipment Not Repaired
Maritime worker · burn & joint injury · defective equipment the operator failed to repair
Fees $280,000 · Expenses $50,177.95
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$750,000
Defective Electrical System
Maritime worker · electrical injury · defective, improperly installed electrical system
Fees $300,000 · Expenses $33,007.09
Confidential Settlement
Maritime
$750,000
Unseaworthy Vessel
Maritime worker · severe psychological trauma · extreme, unsafe conditions aboard an unseaworthy vessel
Fees $300,000 · Expenses $7,789.17
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$719,062
Comparative-fault verdict · back injury (net actual damages)
Fees $320,000 · Expenses $193,968.71
Jury Verdict
Jones Act
$695,000
Rushed, Unsafe Environment
Maritime worker · career-ending knee trauma · inadequate equipment & a rushed environment
Fees $278,000 · Expenses $28,009.32
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$685,000
Inadequate Gear, Undermanned Crew
Maritime worker · permanent, severe spinal injury · inadequate gear & undermanning
Fees $274,000 · Expenses $58,459.22
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$625,000
Inadequate Training, Delayed Care
Maritime worker · neck, back, arm & shoulder trauma · undermanning & delayed medical care
Fees $250,000 · Expenses $10,408.84
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$600,000
Amputation, Inadequate Training
Maritime worker · severe trauma requiring amputation · unsafe practices & inadequate training
Fees $200,000 · Expenses $31,503.99
Confidential Settlement
Maritime
$600,000
Unsafe Working Environment
Wrongful death · fatal accident · failure to provide a safe environment & enforce safety protocols
Fees $200,000 · Expenses $63.36
Confidential Settlement
Maritime
$550,000
Inadequate Safeguards
Maritime worker · fall trauma · unsafe operations & inadequate safeguards
Fees $217,315.39 · Expenses $57,684.61
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$500,000
Forfeited Statutory Caps
Maritime worker · vessel collision · striking vessel's safety violations forfeited its liability caps
Fees $190,000 · Expenses $3,825.49
Confidential Settlement
Limitation Act · OPA · Jones Act
$485,000
Defective Rigging Plan
Maritime worker · permanently disabling lower-extremity trauma · defective rigging plan & bypassed safety checks
Fees $194,000 · Expenses $1,576.29
Confidential Settlement
Maritime
$475,000
Improperly Secured Equipment
Maritime worker · permanently disabling lower-extremity trauma · fall · improperly secured equipment
Fees $190,000 · Expenses $33,601.40
Confidential Settlement
Maritime
$413,641
Floor hand · M/V Noble Tom Madden · ankle, heel & foot injury · callous denial of maintenance & cure
Fees $148,823.65 · Expenses $49,459.31
Jury Verdict
Jones Act · Unseaworthiness · Maintenance & Cure
$404,000
Inadequate Equipment & Supervision
Maritime worker · neck, shoulder & back trauma · inadequate equipment & supervision
Fees $161,600 · Expenses $55,969.83
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act
$400,000
Spool Dropped During a Lift
Offshore seaman & borrowed employee · crushing foot injury · ~12,500-lb spool lowered by an undertrained crew · willful denial of maintenance & cure
Fees $160,000 · Expenses $63,987.26
Confidential Settlement
Jones Act · General Maritime Law
$398,135
QMED · Cape Orlando engine room · uncoated metal lip · career-ending back injury
Fees $99,533.75 · Expenses $82,467.12
Bench-Trial Judgment
Jones Act · Maintenance & Cure · Unseaworthiness
Disclosures. These describe actual matters handled by the firm. Public jury verdicts are identified by case name; confidential settlements are described in anonymized, general terms, with client names, vessels, and employers omitted. Amounts shown are gross recoveries; the attorneys’ fees and case expenses deducted from each are listed with the matter. Every case is decided on its own facts, and prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome. Attorney advertising.
