Four adults and two children were suffered serious burns after their boat exploded in Huntington Harbour on the afternoon of Sunday, November 1. A boater touted by authorities as a good Samaritan helped the six people to safety after their boat experienced an explosion and caught on fire. According to police, all six people aboard —…
A 40-year-old woman suffered injuries following a boating accident caused by a suspected drunk boat driver Sunday afternoon in Mission Bay Park. According to police, a 23-year-old man was driving a powerboat at Mission Bay Park at approximately 4:50 p.m. Due to the alleged intoxication of the operator, he reportedly hit a woman who fell off a…
Accidents like these often leave the families of victims with the right to pursue a claim. Callahan & Blaine has significant expertise in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases arising from boating and maritime accidents, including successfully handling the recent Attessa IV super-yacht accident involving a 65 foot fishing boat. A crew member who was on the…
The California diving boat accident that killed 34 people when it burst into flames appeared to have serious safety deficiencies, a preliminary investigation has found. Among the problems aboard the Conception was the lack of a “roaming night watchman” whose job is to remain alert and notify passengers if a fire or another danger was…
Callahan & Blaine has significant expertise in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases arising from boating and maritime accidents, including successfully handling the recent Attessa IV super-yacht accident involving a 65 foot fishing boat. Conception, a commercial diving boat carrying recreational scuba divers, caught fire while anchored near the shoreline of Santa Cruz Island, California…
A 69-year-old Pacific Palisades man has died after he was severely lacerated by a boat’s propeller in Newport Harbor. The Orange County Sheriff’s Harbor Patrol said the accident occurred after the victim, later identified as Mansoor Roshan, was attempting to climb aboard a larger double-decker boat using a swim step. The unidentified driver of the…
One person has been injured after a speedboat crashed into a UCI rowing crew in Newport Beach, according to a news report. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department said that a 22-foot Wellcraft sport boat crashed into the nine-person rowing crew from UCI near the Newport Dunes. Four men were aboard the Wellcraft for a day…
A 26-year-old San Francisco man has been killed, three other people were injured and one person is still missing after two boats collided off Catalina Island, according to a news report. U.S. Coast Guard responders said that Michael Harris was killed in the collision between a dingy and a boat near Catalina Island. He has…
The pastor of Cottonwood Church in Los Alamitos has sustained critical injuries in a Catalina boat crash that also hurt two other passengers, according to a news report. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office said that Pastor Bayless Conley was at the helm of a 22-foot boat when it crashed into the Isthmus of Catalina…
An 11-year-old Costa Mesa girl has been killed after the personal watercraft she was riding on crashed with another watercraft on the Colorado River in Nevada, according to a news report. The Nevada Department of Wildlife said that Samantha Nguyen, a 6th grade student at Sonora Elementary School in Costa Mesa, was a passenger on…