BP cleanup deckhand sues after being violently thrown to the deck

A longshoreman who was working as a deckhand on a BP contracted cleanup vessel has filed a lawsuit for suffering disabling injuries after being tossed onto the deck in a collision.

Alexis Flores alleges that while working for defendant Employus on a 30-foot aluminum workboat, the vessel collided with another boat that was owned and operated by Louisiana International Marine, another defendant in the case. The collision forced his vessel to run aground near Bayou LaFourche, La.

The impact threw him across the deck and caused permanent, severe and disabling injuries, his lawsuit states.

The date of the accident was not immediately available. The case was filed Nov. 8 in federal court in New Orleans.

Flores accuses the defendants of negligence for failure to provide a safe working place, failure to comply with safe maritime navigation rules and failure to execute a proper lookout, among other accusations.

He seeks damages over $1.5 million for physical and mental pain and suffering, medical expenses, loss of wages and earnings capacity, maintenance and cure, court costs and attorney’s fees.

Source: Louisiana Record