California boat fire on Truth Aquatics Boat

Truth Aquatics Owned Boat Conception Catches Fire Dozens Missing Presumed Dead

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…

San Francisco Man Killed, Three Others Injured in Boat Accident Off Catalina Island

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…

Costa Mesa Girl Killed in Personal Watercraft Accident on Colorado River

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…