Practice Areas - Admiralty Maritime Law

Most Commercial Ships Have Rules to Make it Almost
Impossible for You to Recover for Injuries at Sea

Although admiralty law covers ship accidents, it does not
subsume other laws. There are usually many other local, federal and
state laws relating specifically to injuries at sea from
negligence.

Most sea vessels are actually registered in foreign countries.
Many of these vessels unfurl foreign flags. This means the country
the ship is registered in may have laws covering the vessel as
well. Many of these laws might be better for the injured passenger
than U.S. laws. This is why you need an experienced cruise ship
accident attorney. As an example, a ship that has its port of
departure in Los Angeles, California may be covered under the laws
of the state of California, and the laws of the United States. It
may also be covered under the laws of the country of the foreign
flag the ship flys, as well as international treaties between the
U.S. and the other. Our local law firm have the knowledge to
litigate claims from foreign ports of call, and domestic ports of
call, such as Carnival ship accidents.

You may need to bring claims against the U.S. under the Suits in
Admiralty Act, or Public Vessels Act. The experienced cruise ship
negligence attorneys at our local California law firm will sue
whatever country is responsible for your oceanic injuries,
including far away countries like the Bahamas for example.

Come to our harbor . .

We are expert in admiralty and maritime law, and can provide you
with the legal representation you need to recover damages for the
negligence of an ocean liner, or for boating injuries or other
accidents that occur in the ocean, lakes, or rivers. Many horrible
things happen on ships to weary travelers that necessitate
admiralty attorneys and lawyers. For example, violent criminal acts
such as sexual assault, like rape. This is why you need
admiralty/maritime attorneys. Even murder and wrongful death is an
issue seen a lot in the news lately. The best rated admiralty
attorneys will help you nagivate your maritime case. If you or a
loved one departed from a California port on a ocean liner vacation
and were injured, look no further. The Los Angeles, Orange County
and San Diego Law Offices of Michael P. Ehline are the admiralty
maritime law attorneys for you and your loved ones.

Other Less Well Know Injuries

There are many ways a person can be injured aboard a ship.
Dangerous conditions on the vessel can result in injury-such as a
slip and fall on a wet deck. A passenger may contract food
poisoning or be assaulted by another passenger. Excessive speed may
cause an accident with another ocean liner. A boat may be
overloaded, causing it to swamp, resulting in the death or serious
injury of a seaman or passenger.

In addition, accidents involving boats and people in the
water--such as swimmers, scuba divers, or water skiers--are an
altogether too common occurrence because of the careless or
reckless operation of an ocean-going vessel by a boat captain.

No Matter Where at Sea You Were Injured, Ehline Can Help
You

Lawyers and attorneys from other states often refer their
clients--who were injured on vacation aboard a ship-- to our law
firm, because of our special expertise in admiralty and maritime
law.

If you are searching for experienced local maritime attorneys,
the California law firm of Michael P. Ehline, P.C., have the legal
skills you are searching for. Admiralty and Maritime law, deals
inter alia, with the law of the sea, including crimes on navigable
waters throughout the world. Navigable waters are waters running
over the all oceanic bodies throughout the world. This includes
large bodies of waters such as lakes and rivers usually involved in
commerce, or commercial shipping as an example. Navigable waters
include territorial waters, like U.S. waterways. Navigable waters
also include the high seas. Territorial waters are defined as
waterways close to a land mass. High seas are defined as waterways
far away from a land mass. Sometimes it is difficult to tell when a
waterway is territorial, or on the high seas. In some U.S. states,
territorial waters usually are three miles from land.

The boundaries in territorial waters of some U.S. States are
sometimes hard to determine based upon a jagged coastline for
example, or the gulf stream, if say in Georgia, or Florida as
another example.

Contacting only the Best Maritime Lawyers Could be Your
Only Victory at Sea

Admiralty and Maritime law is a very specialized field of law
requiring a local attorney with advanced trial skills. The Ehline
Law has these special legal skills. Our
California cruise ship attorneys won't hesitate to bring your
ship accident case to a jury trial. To discuss your potential
cruise line personal injury claims, call our local California law
firm on the 24 hour attorney hotline at
1-888-400-9721.

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