Boat injury lawyer

To prove negligence, a breach of duty of care must have occurred from the boat operator. The most common kind of accident includes hitting another vessel or obstacle like a reef or dock, or even other factors such as lack of enforcing of rules (life jackets and other related incidents). You should approach your solicitor and instruct your solicitor to investigate circumstances surrounding a boating accident.

Solicitor would usually request various documents related to the circumstances surrounding the accident such as incident report, statement from the witnesses, investigation report or CCTV footage covering the accident and might seek some other documents in this regard. The vessel owner or operator would refer this claim to insurer and the insurer will then handle the claim or instruct its lawyers to handle the claim on its behalf and try to resolve a claim.

In the case of injuries sustained on a vessel (boats, ferry and other vessels) you may be entitled to make a claim for:

• Past and future medical expenses. These include payment of hospital, rehabilitation and other medical bills that result from injury.
• Loss of income or diminution of any capacity,
• Domestic assistance or pain and suffering.

In some exceptional circumstances other heads of damages might be claimed as well.