Expert Witnesses
If you, your company or your client have been involved in a marine casualty or loss then you need expert analysis and advice. Maritime Legal Resources is a premier consulting firm with unprecedented legal and technical maritime expertise. Our expertise will ensure that your loss is resolved in a manner which minimizes your financial exposure.
(1) A Full Service Marine Consulting Firm
Maritime Legal Resources provides a full range of consulting analysis and expert witness services to the legal and insurance industries, governmental bodies, and marine transportation businesses. We are able to respond quickly to emergency and post-casualty situations. Our services include analysis and assessment in the following areas:
Cargo Handling. Determination of whether cargo has been handled in a manner which conforms with accepted maritime practices.
Cargo Loss Control. Strategies for minimizing loss of cargo during emergency situations.
Collisions, Allisions, Groundings, Sinkings. Analysis of the probable cause of casualties and determination of possible liability.
Electronic Navigation Aids. Assessment of proper use and operation of all navigational devices.
Engineering Operations. Analysis of all types of marine engineering applications aboard ships, drilling rigs, and shore facilities.
Maritime Personal Injury. Determination of fault and potential liability for such injuries.
Piloting Practices. Our consultants hold pilot licenses or endorsements for the major ports of the United States.
Radar and ARPA. Determination of propriety of maintenance and operation of these devices.
Regulatory Research. Assessment of whether rules or regulations were violated by persons aboard ship or ashore.
Terminal Operations. Investigation and assessment of proper procedures when cargo has been lost between ship and shore.
Vessel Operations. Analysis of conformity with rules, regulations and standard operating procedures.
(2) Reconstructing An Accident
With extensive hands on experience in the maritime industry, the experts at Maritime Legal Resources can reconstruct what happened during a marine casualty, and offer expert opinion on what should or could have been done to avoid the casualty or loss. Attorneys representing hull or P&I clients will find us knowledgeable, competent, and articulate mariners, and furthermore possessing a substantial understanding of the legal principles involved in an admiralty action.
Assisting the Injured Maritime Employee Our expertise is invaluable when it is time to compensate the employee injured in the marine workplace. Our core experience is working in senior positions aboard ships of all descriptions ---- we know the right and wrong way work should be carried out in the workplace. Marine adjusters, plaintiff's attorneys, and marine transportation concerns can employ our expertise in allocating fault between the employee, employer, and third parties.
