A boater, who said he had been drinking Long Island Ice Teas before the incident, was arrested Wednesday morning after an 72-foot yacht washed ashore on Palm Beach.Thomas Henry Baker, 63, Belle Isle, Fla., a suburb of Orlando, told police he “failed to navigate his vessel into the Palm Beach Inlet and ran the vessel…
The firm’s attorneys’ represented a well-known marina/repair facility in West Palm Beach and handled both the underlying trial and the appeal. The underlying action concerned a claim for breach for purportedly defective repairs rendered to a 158’ sailing yacht. The case was tried before a jury in the summer of 2013 which resulted in a…
Update on the two south Florida teens lost at sea. We hope that the recovered cell phone can provide some answers. Everyone should be careful on the water and have proper safety gear – EPIRBs Perry Neblett Via Local10.com PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – A Norwegian research crew found the boat that carried two Jupiter teens…
74 Spencer sinks. There is speculation that she was on her maiden voyage with a Spencer onboard. I also heard that there is no insurance. I hope that the vessel owner did have her insured.
Another boat fire at Grove Harbour Marina! A 41-foot cuddy cabin has apparently been deemed a totals loss and other boats were damaged. Luckily it appears that there were no people injured. This is the latest of a number of vessel fires in the last few years at the docks right in front of our…
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov 4 (Reuters) – A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday set a Dec. 21 deadline for damage claims to be filed by the families of 33 sailors lost at sea when the freighter El Faro went down last month in a hurricane off the Bahamas. The deadline, coming just weeks after the…
At least three fishing boats were severely damaged in a fire that broke in Pompano Beach near midnight on Monday.The boats were moored near the Hillsboro Inlet Fishing Center along the 2700 block of North Riverside Drive. Doesn’t appear that anyone was hurt. Hope all these vessels and owners are well insured.
The Florida Legislature has sought fit to provide for the recovery of attorney’s fees in first party insurance case. The rationale behind this statute is that the insurer’s should act correctly and in conformity to the contact of insurance and that insureds that are forced to sue their own insurance company should be made whole….