Category: Offshore & Boat Accidents
Alleged drunken boater puts child’s life in danger
On behalf of Terence Gross of Gross & Schuster, P.A. posted in Offshore & Boat Accidentson Thursday, December 13, 2012. The story of a Satellite Beach man arrested for drunken boating and smashing up his craft earlier this month gets kudos for the spectacular crash and the explanation he offered to Indian Harbor Beach police for nearly…
Offshore driller settles oil rig explosion cases
On behalf of Terence Gross of Gross & Schuster, P.A. posted in Offshore & Boat Accidentson Thursday, January 3, 2013. A hefty check is all it took to relieve offshore drilling company Transocean Ltd. of criminal and civil liability resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. The U.S. Department of Justice, in exchange for a…
New York ferry accident injures more than 70 people
On behalf of Terence Gross of Gross & Schuster, P.A. posted in Offshore & Boat Accidentson Wednesday, January 9, 2013. A passenger aboard a New-Jersey-to-New-York-City ferryboat says the ship "was coming in hot" when it smashed into the dock, injuring 74 people. Investigators are looking into the possibility of a mechanical failure as the cause…
Boat accident during military training exercise leaves Eglin airman dead
On behalf of Terence Gross of Gross & Schuster, P.A. posted in Offshore & Boat Accidentson Tuesday, March 26, 2013. According to an accident report release last Tuesday by the Air Force's Ground Accident Investigation Board, a boat accident that killed an Eglin airman last fall during a training exercise in Pensacola Bay was partially…
Florida leads nation in number of annual boating accidents, P.1
On behalf of Terence Gross of Gross & Schuster, P.A. posted in Boating & Offshore Accidents on Thursday, May 16, 2013. Florida more boats registered than any other state, with close to one million vessels including houseboats, sailboats, powerboats, airboat, canoes and kayaks. On top of that, there are over 300,000 unregistered boats on Florida…
