Wrongful Death From Boating Accidents
Boating can be a fun and relaxing activity on a hot, summer day – however, it can also bring dire consequences. The U.S. Coast Guard reported that there were 4,158 accidents on the water involving 626 deaths in 2015. They found that a large reason for them was that the boat’s operator did not receive proper, formal safety instruction. This is necessary however, since boats do not have the same controls as the average car does, such as brakes, seatbelts, surrounding protection, and more. This can lead to some careless boaters causing accidents that can result in serious injuries, or deaths, in extreme cases. A negligent boater could collide with another boat, causing others to drown, or suffer from complications of severe injury. When a negligent or reckless boater causes the death of one of your loved ones, you may pursue a wrongful death case against them.
Boating is an unusually dangerous activity due to the conditions. There can be people that are unable to swim but rely on the boat to keep them safe and calm, until someone collides with theirs. Other people may suffer from a boating collision and sustain injuries, like internal organ damage, and die eventually from an infection or organ failure. If another boater displays their negligence and recklessness by colliding with another, then you likely have a wrongful death case on your hands. Proving that the other party was behaving negligently is key. Negligence on the water could be boating while drunk, which is as much of a risk as it is to drive while drunk. It could be from a disregard for the rules of boating and driving it recklessly and putting others lives in danger, in addition to your own.
The other party that was behaving negligently pay the cost of the damage that they have done, and you may be able to recover some of the damages that you had to pay for through this difficult time. While we are aware that money cannot remedy your situation, it may assist you with the financial burden that you have had to bear in this tragic time.
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