WHO HANDLES PONTOON BOAT INJURY CASES IN FLORIDA?
Yes, the attorneys at www.888BoatLaw.com have been successfully handling pontoon boat injury cases for more than 25 years. This is all across the State of Florida. At www.888BoatLaw.com we are handling multiple pontoon boat injury cases right now. Not many car accident attorneys can say that—if they can say they have ever handled a pontoon boat injury case. Here is why that is important to your case. Yes, you should employ the most experienced attorney to handle your boating injury case. But more than that almost all pontoon boat injury cases in the State of Florida do not apply Florida law, they apply a body of law known as maritime law. Yes, if the pontoon boat injury occurred on a fully enclosed lake then Florida law might apply. But even still, do you go with the car accident attorney who also handles criminal cases, divorces, dog bites cases, etc., or do you go with the experience of a firm who handles boating accident cases every day?
WHAT TYPE OF PONTOON BOAT INJURY CASES HAS www.888BoatLaw.com SUCCESSFULLY HANDLED?
In 25 years of handling pontoon boat injury cases across Florida we have seen and won: propeller injury cases, falldowns in the boat, wake cases[1], collisions, pontoon boat overturnings, amputations, injuries boarding and exiting the vessel, etc. The pontoon boats look like fun and appear safe. However, many pontoon boats are rented to one-time renters or through boat clubs to operators who have little to no experience operating a boat. In addition, some boat rental outlets rent out pontoon vessels that have a second deck, and some even have slides attached to the upper deck. There is a lot there that can go wrong, and we have represented and won for multiple injured clients who have been on the wrong side of a pontoon boat accident.
WHY CAN’T THE CAR ACCIDENT ATTORNEY HANDLE MY PONTOON BOAT ACCIDENT CASE?
It comes down to a matter of trust and experience. First, does the car accident attorney know what law applies to your boating injury case? Second, does the car accident attorney know what the statute of limitations would be on your case. (Note: No, it is not the 2 years like on most auto accident cases.) Third, what is the car accident attorney going to do if the case is pulled into the federal court by the insurance company for the at-fault driver of the boat? We can tell you what many of them do, they send the case to us at www.888BoatLaw.com to handle it. Yes. Car accident attorneys send their boating accident cases to us to handle. Why? Because they quickly learn the law is different, the cases are not easy, and they have faith in our law firm’s long-time successfully handling boating accident cases.
If you have a serious pontoon boat injury you should look to a specialist to handle your case. We have been helping and fighting for clients injured on pontoon boats for more than 25 years.
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[1] A “wake” case is caused by the operator of the vessel crossing another boat’s wake or a wave at an excessive speed and improper angle which causes the seated passengers to be violently bounced up into the air. This causes serious back injuries, broken bones, and head injuries—and are just some of the injuries we have seen in cases we have handled from “wake” cases,
