Maritime Accident News

VB law firm hired on another tugboat injury lawsuit against Grifco

A cook was employed by Grifco to work aboard the tugboat "Natalie Alexander."  Due to a defect on the tug, the cook feel down a stairway from the second deck to the first deck.  She struck many parts of her body, including her head, and she lost consciousness.  The cook has been diagnosed with a head injury, as well as various orthopedic injuries for which she is receiving medical treatment.

This tugboat injury happened off the coast of Louisiana.  The cook is from Louisiana.

The cook hired Jones Act Lawyer Vuk Vujasinovic to file a Jones Act lawsuit on her behalf.  The lawsuit was filed in Harris County, Texas, and it asserts claims for maintenance and cure, negligence, and unseaworthiness. 

This is the second recent tugboat injury lawsuit filed by our law firm against Grifco based on a serious injury occurring on the company's tug boat "Natalie Alexander."  The other Grifco tugboat injury case involved defective equipment that smashed in to the face of a tankerman.

This tug injury lawsuit remains pending.

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