Representing Maritime Worker Injured by Defective Barge Equipment

Attorneys Jason Itkin, Cory Itkin, and Danny Cassee filed a lawsuit in Broward County, Florida on behalf of a maritime worker who suffered serious injuries when poorly maintained equipment failed on a barge vessel. Our client, a loving husband and father, was working aboard the vessel when the welding on a side railing broke, causing him to be thrown overboard into the water.

As a result of this preventable accident, our client sustained disc herniations at C2-C3 and L4-L5, along with serious injuries to his neck and legs. These life-changing injuries have impacted every aspect of his life and his ability to provide for his family.

The lawsuit targets the barge owners and the companies responsible for vessel operations, who failed to properly inspect the vessel's equipment and maintain it in adequate condition. Maritime workers depend on their employers to provide safe working conditions, and that includes ensuring that basic safety equipment like railings are structurally sound and properly maintained.

"Every offshore worker deserves a safe workplace so that they can return home to their families without fear of injury," said an attorney on the case. "Our client's offshore employers failed to do even the bare minimum to keep their equipment in safe condition and caused our client to suffer life-changing injuries. We will seek justice and compensation for this misconduct to the fullest extent of the law."

The maritime injury lawyers at Arnold & Itkin are honored to represent this man and his family as we fight to hold these negligent offshore companies accountable for failing to provide him a safe workplace.