David Quinn Wins Serious Injury Case through Attorney’s Probing Analysis

June 28th, 2010

This case involved serious personal injuries to David Quinn, who was off-loading the vessel M/V MERIAN. Large steel discs were part of the vessel cargo and they had shifted during the voyage. While unloading, a container fell and the discs became projectiles. David Quinn suffered the amputation of his leg. Plaintiff’s counsel performed a thorough investigation, security the cargo involved, and performing complex weather, wave action and vessel stowage analyses. After lengthy and depositions of the German vessel captain and superintendent of cargo, covering numerous technicalities related to methods of stowage, dunnage, lashings and chocking of the steel disc cargo, the Defendants filed motions for summary judgment based on prior case law. Plaintiffs were successful in defeating defendants’ motion for summary judgment. The case settled for a substantial sum prior to trial.

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