http://www.washingtonmaritimeinjurylawyer.com/ Published by Anderson, Connell & Carey en-us 2009-09-08T09:45:00-08:00 http://www.washingtonmaritimeinjurylawyer.com/2009/09/senators_maria_cantwell_and_ol_1.html Two senators are key to passing legislation requiring the first overhaul of inspections and standards for America's fishing fleets. They are on opposite coasts, from states that share rich maritime traditions. Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell chairs the Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries... Commercial Fishing Anderson, Connell & Carey 2009-09-08T09:45:00-08:00 http://www.washingtonmaritimeinjurylawyer.com/2008/10/fv_katmai_sinks_seven_crewmemb.html Another tragedy has struck the Alaska fishing fleet. The KATMAI, a 93-foot head and gut fishing vessel capsized and sank in the Aleutian Islands early in the morning on Wednesday, October 22. It now appears that only four of the... Anderson, Connell & Carey 2008-10-27T15:03:00-08:00 http://www.washingtonmaritimeinjurylawyer.com/2008/09/obama_and_biden_will_protect_y.html Vessel crewmembers are working people. They don’t benefit from tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. They need the benefits and protection sought by labor unions and the party of labor, the Democrats. They need affordable health care and Social Security.... Maritime Politics Anderson, Connell & Carey 2008-09-05T16:20:10-08:00 http://www.washingtonmaritimeinjurylawyer.com/2008/08/exxon_plaintiffs_frustrated_by.html The Supreme Court reduced the payout from $2.5 Billion to $507.5 and Exxon Denies Interest is owed. The Supreme Court has left Alaska Fishermen reeling from the June decision reducing the judgment dramatically. Claimants have waited twenty years only to... Alaska Fishermen Anderson, Connell & Carey 2008-08-27T10:52:47-08:00 http://www.washingtonmaritimeinjurylawyer.com/2008/08/fishing_industry_still_strong.html Anderson, Connell & Carey has being fighting to improve fishing vessel safety for 30 years. We have fought hundreds of lawsuits to penalize vessel owners for negligence and unseaworthy conditions. To date governmental regulation has been limited. For decades industry... Commercial Fishing Anderson, Connell & Carey 2008-08-11T21:44:23-08:00 http://www.washingtonmaritimeinjurylawyer.com/2008/07/new_generation_of_alaska_repub.html Politics in Alaska is a brand new game for both Democrats and Republicans. The change comes on the heals of the recent indictment of long time Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. Two years ago, Ted Stevens was still the powerful long... Alaska Politics Anderson, Connell & Carey 2008-07-31T09:49:37-08:00 http://www.washingtonmaritimeinjurylawyer.com/2008/07/fishermen_say_data_doesnt_repr.html Fishermen believe that they observe large gaps in the biological data that is to be used in updated Atlantic King Mackerel stock assessment. The new stock assessment does not line up with what we are observing, states Kelly Schoolcraft a... Commercial Fishing Anderson, Connell & Carey 2008-07-24T13:49:33-08:00 http://www.washingtonmaritimeinjurylawyer.com/2008/07/grounding_of_alaskan_vessel_fa_1.html The National Transportation Safety Board ("NTSB") has determined that the reason that the Empress of the North ran aground on July 23, 2008 was the negligence of the captain. The captain allowed an inexperienced, newly licensed junior third mate to... Maritime Casualty Anderson, Connell & Carey 2008-07-23T13:06:35-08:00 http://www.washingtonmaritimeinjurylawyer.com/2008/07/department_of_transportation_o.html On Friday, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) offered a bonus to a salvage contractor to retrieve industrial fuel and dangerous chemicals inside the sunken M/V Princess of the Stars. The ship sank somewhere near Roblon Province. The company... Maritime Casualty Anderson, Connell & Carey 2008-07-18T13:08:43-08:00 http://www.washingtonmaritimeinjurylawyer.com/2008/07/factory_trawler_owner_seeks_li.html The owners of the ill fated fishing vessel the Alaska Ranger have begun legal maneuvering to avoid liability for the deadly sinking in March. The lawyers for the Fishing Company of Alaska ("FCA") have invoked an archaic piece of maritime... Maritime Casualty Anderson, Connell & Carey 2008-07-14T12:10:31-08:00