http://www.hickeylawfirm.com/blog Maritime Trial Lawyer and Personal Injury Attorney Mon, 26 May 2008 14:08:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Sunday morning, the Norwegian Spirit smashed into the pier at the port of New York. The front of the ship was smashed. A longshoreman, that is someone who loads and unloads ships, was on the pier and described it this way: "I ... http://www.hickeylawfirm.com/blog/norwegian-cruise-ship-smashes-into-the-pier/ Federal Judge Federico Moreno in Miami on Wednesday ruled that Norwegian Cruise Line must pay more than $13 million to the victims of a 2003 boiler explosion aboard one of its ships that killed eight workers and injured 10 others. Judge Moreno also levied a $1 million fine against ... http://www.hickeylawfirm.com/blog/13-million-awarded-to-cruise-victims/ On Tuesday, May 20, 2008, three men died at Port Everglades of apparent asphixiation. The three were exposed to a leak of argon gas onboard a ship, the Madeline. The workers affected had been unloading cargo from the ship. There was a container of argon in the ... http://www.hickeylawfirm.com/blog/one-tries-to-rescue-the-other-at-port-everglades-3-die/ On Monday, May 12, 2008, the United States Coast Guard called off the search for a passenger of a cruise ship who fell overboard. The passenger was a woman who had been on the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship. The Coast Guard called off the search because of weather ... http://www.hickeylawfirm.com/blog/cruise-ship-passenger-falls-overboard-search-called-off/ Diffusion Tensor Imaging is a type of MRI which can provide some objective evidence of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). As you may know, TBI involves the microscopic axons in the brain. With any sort of extreme jarring or trauma, like when you slip and fall and hit ... http://www.hickeylawfirm.com/blog/traumatic-brain-injury-diffusion-tensor-imaging/ Recently, I got an email from someone in New York asking if we represent people, namely cruise line passengers, who live out of state, in that case New York. The answer is YES! The would-be client asked if she needed a New York attorney. The answer is ... http://www.hickeylawfirm.com/blog/the-bottom-line-you-the-passenger-are-required-to-file-suit-where-the-ticket-requires-not-where-you-live-not-where-you-got-on-the-ship-2/ Recently, I got an email from someone in New York asking if we represent people, namely cruise line passengers, who live out of state, in that case New York. The answer is YES! The would-be client asked if she needed a New York attorney. The answer is ... http://www.hickeylawfirm.com/blog/the-bottom-line-you-the-passenger-are-required-to-file-suit-where-the-ticket-requires-not-where-you-live-not-where-you-got-on-the-ship/ NTSB HOLDS HEARING ABOUT PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP TILTING The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a hearing about the cause of the accident where a Princess cruise ship tilted or listed on July 18, 2006. This is possibly a significant step in the resolution of this accident. The incident ... http://www.hickeylawfirm.com/blog/ntsb-holds-hearing-about-princess-cruise-ship-tilting/ On January 16, 2008, the Third District Court of Appeal, the mid-level appellate court in the Florida state courts, affirmed a judgment following a jury verdict against Royal Caribbean Cruise Line in the amount of $3,384,185. The jury verdict was for the personal injury of a ... http://www.hickeylawfirm.com/blog/appellate-court-affirms-judgment-against-cruise-line/ The following article was pulled off of the web today. It is especially of interest to us here at Hickey Law Firm, P.A. because we a maritime/cruise ship injury law firm located in the cruise ship capital of the world, Miami, Florida. We are in fact currently representing ... http://www.hickeylawfirm.com/blog/why-life-boats-on-cruise-ships-are-not-safe/