New York Personal Injury Law Firm

Boat is used in Manhattan for both recreational and work purposes. For both cases, any injuries caused are covered with different liability rules. Common scenarios that give rise to boat accidents are-  when a boat collides with another boat, a boat collides with some obstacle such as a rock, a boat collides with the wake of another boat etc. Some other causes of boat accident are: 1. Distracted Operator: It is important for the operator to remain attentive all the time. Boating is critical and the main cause of accident proves the ease of distraction while boating. Thus, it is important for the operator to know the surroundings at all times to avoid last moment hitting with objects. 2. Operator Inexperience: Though no education is required for operating boar, thus, therefore many operators are not experienced. But it is a good idea to take a boating education class, and building up a boat operating experience is absolutely necessary. It may take a lot of time to become fam...

By definition accidents are random events that strike anytime and anywhere. So it doesn't seem useful to determine what type of person suffers these casualties. And yet the US Coast Guard compiled the following operator statistics for incidents in 2013, the latest year for complete data. The information shows that certain types of people are affected by accidents more than others. The most common age for accidents is 36 to 55 years old, which involved 1,797 vessels, 1016 injuries, and 214 deaths. Next were those over 55 with 1056 vessels, 473 injuries, and 168 deaths. The 26-35 age group came in third with 727 vessels, 432 injuries and 80 deaths. Experience doesn't seem to make a difference. Those with 101 to 500 hours of experience involved the most vessels in accidents at 1,626 and the most injuries at 857. This level of experience ranked second for deaths at 133. Ranking first for deaths at 245 were those whose experience was unknown. They were second for vessels at 1,17...