New York Boating Accident Case
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald has focused on personal injury law for over 30 years. During that time, the firm has handled hundreds of cases and obtained numerous multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements.
Boating accidents can involve death or serious injury:
In a New York boating accident case, compensation can include:
- Medical expenses
- Property damage
- Pain and suffering
- Lost earnings
- Other damages
Given the nature of evidence in a boating accident case, it is imperative that a New York boating accident lawyer be retained as soon as possible. Contact Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald at 1-800-323-9900 or submit our online form if you or a family member has been involved in a recreational boating accident.
Common Types of Boating Accidents
- Boat collision with other boats, jet skis, or swimmers
- Person overboard
- Skier mishap
- Slip or fall due to wet surfaces
- Capsizing or swamping of boat due to:
- Weather conditions
- Poor boat maintenance
- Operator incompetence
- Fire or explosion on the boat
- Carbon monoxide asphyxiation
- Striking a submerged object
Recreational Boating Accidents Reporting Criteria and Guidelines
New York regulations require operators to report any recreational boating vessel accident. A recreational vessel is a vessel operated for pleasure, whether it is owned, leased, rented, or chartered. A recreational boating accident means a numbered or documented vessel is being used for recreational purposes and has one or more of the following incidents occur – resulting in injury, death, or property damage:
- Grounding
- Swamping
- Capsizing
- Sinking
- Collision with another vessel
- Striking a submerged object
- Skier mishap
- Person falls overboard
- Fire
- Explosion
- Carbon monoxide asphyxiation
- Hitting a person with the
- vessel
- propeller
- steering machinery
- propulsion unit
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