Maritime Products Liability

Maritime Products Liability Lawyer

If you have been injured aboard a vessel in navigation because of a dangerous or defective product, you may have a claim for compensation under Federal Maritime Law. The Lawyers at Stacey & Jacobsen, PLLC are available to review maritime product liability claims involving serious injuries or death.

If you are an injured seaman who was employed aboard a vessel at the time of the accident, you may have a claim for unseaworthiness and Jones Act negligence. Under the Jones Act or the unseaworthiness doctrine, your claims for injury for defective product may be made against your employer or the vessel owner. You may also have claims against the product’s manufacturer. Whether to add the product manufacturer to a seaman injury claim is a complex legal issue.

The lawyers at Stacey & Jacobsen, PLLC are some of the most experienced maritime injury lawyers in the nation. They have successfully handled thousands of maritime injury cases for clients located throughout the country. They have experience in litigating product cases involving safe design, machine guarding, safety controls, and warnings. They retain highly trained experts in the fields of engineering, design, psychology, consumer safety, accident reconstruction, warnings, human factors, and industrial safety, to determine whether or not a product that has caused an injury is unreasonably dangerous or defective.

In all defective and dangerous product cases, it is important to preserve the evidence following the accident. If possible, request in writing that all evidence in your case be preserved and unaltered until it can be properly analyzed. In serious injury and death cases, early investigation of the accident scene and products involved is critical to your case.

Injuries caused by defective or unreasonably dangerous products, machinery, and tools, can cause catastrophic injuries. The lawyers at Stacey & Jacobsen, PLLC understand how these injuries can impact your life. They are dedicated to getting maritime accident victims fair compensation for their injuries. Contact Stacey & Jacobsen, PLLC for a free initial consultation.