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If you need an Alaska personal injury and wrongful death attorney with experience handling personal injury and wrongful death claims arising from motor vehicle accidents of all kinds, maritime and aviation accidents, defective product accidents and premises liability and job site accidents, please contact Attorney Elliott T. Dennis today.

1503 West 31st Avenue, Suite 201
Anchorage, Alaska 99503

Ph / 907-929-4890
       866-377-3712

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Anchorage, Alaska Boat Accident Lawyer Elliott T. Dennis - Boating and Aviation Accident Attorney

Anchorage, Alaska boating and aviation accident attorney Elliott T. Dennis has the knowledge and experience to help victims of these types of accidents understand and protect their rights. If you or someone you love is injured as a result of a fishing, airplane, or similar accident, contact the Law Offices of Elliott T. Dennis in Anchorage, Alaska, today. Our boat and plane accident lawyer serves individuals throughout the state, providing reliable and aggressive legal representation.

• Maritime/Admiralty Law
• Aviation Law

Maritime/Admiralty Law

Alaskan waters are home to all types of vessels. They are work platforms and sources of income and pleasure, but they can also be very dangerous. Anchorage, Alaska boating accident attorney Elliott T. Dennis has represented numerous clients in boating accidents involving the fishing industry, the marine transportation industry, and the marine tourist industry, and has extensive knowledge and experience related to marine accidents.

Injuries and deaths that occur in or around navigable waters are governed by a special set of laws known as maritime and admiralty laws. These laws regulate the operation and use of a wide range of sea vessels, including recreational watercrafts and boats, commercial fishing boats, and cruise ships.

Maritime law typically applies to all at sea injuries, whereas civil tort law typically covers injuries resulting from an “on the beach” accident. If you are injured at sea, you need a knowledgeable and experienced boat accident lawyer to help you determine what legal options are available to you. For instance, a claim on behalf of an injured seaman can be made to recover wages, maintenance (your employer is required to compensate you for living on land in the same manner it would cost for you to live offshore on the vessel), cure (your employer is required to pay your medical bills until you reach medical cure), and damages. Damages can be recovered for permanent injury and wrongful death based upon the doctrine of unseaworthiness as well as negligence under the Jones Act. A passenger who suffers an injury at sea may be entitled to damages, but not maintenance and cure.

Fishing Accidents

Alaska’s fishing industry includes many different types of vessels engaged in different activities: factory processors, long-line halibut and cod fishing vessels, trawlers, salmon trollers, purse seiners, salmon gill-netters, crab boats, herring seiners, scallop draggers and dive fishery vessels. Anchorage, Alaska boat accident lawyer Elliott T. Dennis is knowledgeable about the challenges and hazards faced by fishermen on a daily basis. Boating accident attorney Elliott T. Dennis knows how to help injured fishermen recover maintenance and cure and the damages to which they are entitled, if they suffer an at sea injury. Contact our firm today for a free case review. Attorney Dennis is experienced in investigating and representing all types of fishing accidents, and can help victims in Anchorage and throughout Alaska protect their rights.

Marine Transportation and Tourist Industry

Alaska’s marine transportation industry employs thousands of seaman on container vessels and tug boats towing barges which transport goods to Alaska ports, to oil tankers hauling crude oil from Valdez and Kenai to out-of-state refineries, to landing crafts and barges hauling equipment and fuel to remote sites, and to the Alaska State Ferry system which makes up the Alaska Marine Highway. Employees injured within this industry, like the fishing industry, are to be dealt with under the federal maritime law and need to be represented by a maritime injury boating accident attorney.

The rise of the tourist industry in Alaska has caused tens of thousands of visitors to arrive in Alaska for short term stays on mammoth cruise ships. Moreover, many active tourists pursue adventure on fishing charter boats, whale watching cruises, glacier viewing vessels, and river rafting. When an injury is suffered during such adventures, an experienced Alaska boating and aviation accident attorney is needed to sort out which law applies to the injury: maritime law, aviation law, or civil tort law.

Maritime workers in Anchorage, Alaska who are injured in a boating accident at sea should contact an attorney immediately. Due to the nature of maritime employment, accident sites are quickly disturbed and crucial evidence is often permanently lost. When this happens, it becomes difficult to present evidence of liability, impairing the injured maritime worker’s ability to recover compensation for his or her injuries. If an injured worker contacts a boat accident lawyer immediately following the accident, the lawyer can help to preserve important evidence and ensure the injured worker’s ability to pursue civil litigation.

Contact the Law Offices of Elliott T. Dennis in Anchorage, Alaska for a free consultation with our boat accident lawyer.

Aviation Law

Although airplanes are among the safest modes of transportation available, aviation accidents still occur. Alaska is home to more small planes and pilots per capita than any other state in the union. This is because the road system in Alaska is limited, the distances are great, remote country can only be accessed by airplane, and many beautiful sites are only viewable from the air. Alaska is also home to unpredictable and changing weather patterns, limited weather reporting facilities, high winds, poor visibility, rugged mountain ranges, and challenging landing sites. Typically, aviation accidents result in severe personal injury or death. Anchorage, Alaska aviation accident attorney Elliott T. Dennis is experienced in protecting the rights of aviation accident victims and their families to recover the maximum amount of damages.

In an effort to prevent airplane accidents, there are comprehensive federal, state, and international laws that regulate the safety, operation, and maintenance of aircraft and aircraft facilities. If these regulations are violated and an injury results, the aircraft owner, operator, or manufacturer and maintenance suppliers may be liable for damages.

Contact Elliott T. Dennis

If you are in need of an airplane or boat accident attorney in Anchorage, Alaska contact Elliott T. Dennis. He has experience litigating aviation accident claims and can help pursue and recover the maximum compensation allowable from the parties responsible for your injury.