Tag Archives: Admiralty law

In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for September 16, 2024, Brad and Curt discuss the $16 million settlement of a lawsuit brought by 11 Jacksonville firefighters injured in an explosion and fire on a ship; the $7.2 million settlement ...

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Eleven Jacksonville firefighters injured in a shipboard explosion and fire in 2020, have reached a $16 million settlement of their lawsuit against the ship’s owners and several other parties. The suit was originally filed in Duval County Circuit Court, and removed to the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

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In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for July 17, 2023, Curt discusses a lawsuit filed by a Massachusetts firefighter who was terminated for what he claims was refusing to sign a false document; a ruling in a discrimination lawsuit ...

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The widow of a Belgian firefighter who was killed while on an FDNY marine watercraft that crashed into a tour boat on June 17, 2022, has filed suit against the City of New York and the tour boat’s owner. Heidi Vernmandel filed suit aainst the city, New York City Boat Tours LLC, and tour boat’s captain, Edward Mattiace.

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A lawsuit filed by ten Jacksonville firefighters who were injured in a ship fire will proceed as the trial court rejected defense motions to dismiss their claims based on the Firefighters’ Rule. The injured firefighters were caught in an explosion aboard the cargo ship Hoegh Xiamen.

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Honolulu has agreed to settle with the family of a firefighter killed during a water rescue training exercise in 2016 by paying $5.25 million. Clifford Meredith Rigsbee died on June 14, 2016 while participating in water rescue training on the southeast shore of Oahu near Diamond Head.

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