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Meyer v. Carnival: Ed Wieten / Passenger Deposition

Posted by Gary 
· Friday, November 8th, 2013 at 04:49 PM 
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This review of Ed Wieten’s deposition is part of our much larger coverage of the Michael Meyer v. Carnival Cruise Lines et al. case resulting from a catamaran propeller accident on a cruise ship shore excursion. Ed Wieten (Joannes Clemens Wieten) from Curacao in the Caribbean was also a passenger on the Tango Too the […]

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Meyer v. Carnival: Jeffrey Navotny / Passenger Deposition

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· Friday, November 8th, 2013 at 04:48 PM 
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This review of Jeffrey Navotny’s deposition is part of our much larger coverage of the Michael Meyer v. Carnival Cruise Lines et al. case resulting from a catamaran propeller accident on a cruise ship shore excursion. Most of our coverage of these depositions comes from legal documents in PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records). […]

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Meyer v. Carnival: Scott Tannebaum / physician review

Posted by Gary 
· Friday, November 8th, 2013 at 04:48 PM 
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This brief review of Scott Tannebaum’s physiatric review is part of our much larger coverage of the Michael Meyer v. Carnival Cruise Lines et al. case resulting from a catamaran propeller accident on a cruise ship shore excursion. Most of our coverage of these depositions, reviews, and affidavits comes from legal documents in PACER (Public […]

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Meyer v. Carnival: Amilcar Cascais / Carnival Deposition

Posted by Gary 
· Friday, November 8th, 2013 at 04:47 PM 
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This review of Amilicar Cascais’ deposition is part of our much larger coverage of the Michael Meyer v. Carnival Cruise Lines et al. case resulting from a catamaran propeller accident on a cruise ship shore excursion. Most of our coverage of these depositions comes from legal documents in PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records). […]

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Meyer v. Carnival: Is Carnival in or out?

Posted by Gary 
· Friday, November 8th, 2013 at 04:47 PM 
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This post is part of our much larger coverage of the Michael Meyer v. Carnival Cruise Lines et al. case resulting from a catamaran propeller accident on a cruise ship shore excursion. Our discussion of Carnival being in or out of this legal case is based on legal documents in PACER (Public Access to Court […]

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David Schulman representative of the Estate of Casey Schulman v. Semester at Sea, et al.

Posted by Gary 
· Friday, October 18th, 2013 at 05:16 PM 
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We previously covered the Casey Schulman propeller accident. The 20 year-old young woman from Falls Church, Virginia was struck and killed by the propeller of a snorkel tour boat while visiting the Caribbean island of Dominica as part of a University of Virginia Semester at Sea program. Her father, David Schulman, filed a lawsuit in […]

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Mercury Marine’s & OMC’s Propeller Guard Development $

Posted by Gary 
· Wednesday, August 14th, 2013 at 06:22 PM 
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The two major U.S. recreational marine drive companies of the past many years: Brunswick / Mercury Marine and Outboard Marine Corporation (OMC) have been in the forefront of “debunking” propeller guards in court since the 1970’s. In this post we estimate their total expenses in developing propeller guards designed to protect people at less than […]

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Size of the Recreational Boat Replacement Propeller Market

Posted by Gary 
· Monday, August 5th, 2013 at 09:47 PM 
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Many have suggested the boating industry’s objections to propeller guards may be profit motivated. Some propeller safety advocates and some of those struck by propellers suggest the industry does not want to use propeller guards because guards will reduce the number of dinged up and bent propellers that need replacing. Fewer bent or damaged props […]

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Casey Schulman: Andrew Armour Charged in Her Death by Propeller

Posted by Gary 
· Thursday, May 9th, 2013 at 08:07 PM 
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Casey Schulman, a University of Virginia (UVA) senior participating in the UVA Semester at Sea program was struck and killed by a boat propeller on the island of Dominica in December 2012. Recently, her family hired legal assistance to try to encourage further action in Dominca. Today, Thursday 9 November 2013 Andrew Armour, captain of […]

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Mark Barhanovich: C.F. Bean Limitation of Liability Case Update 9 May 2013

Posted by Gary 
· Thursday, May 9th, 2013 at 03:47 PM 
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C.F. Bean, operator of the dredging operation allegedly struck by Mark Barhnovich’s boat in his December 2012 fatality near Deer Island, Mississippi previously filed a Praying for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability case in this matter. We covered Bean’s filing at Jones Act Suit by C.F. Bean. We also covered the filing by Mark […]

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