Maritime Injury Attorney - Personal Injury Lawyer

Representing Accident Victims in Florida and Throughout the Nation

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Our Florida law firm handles a wide variety of personal injury matters, including those involving admiralty and maritime law, boating injuries, oil rig injuries, brain injuries, medical malpractice, workers' compensation, and wrongful death.  Firm founder John W. Merting is a highly regarded trial attorney who is committed to helping clients recover the compensation they need and deserve.

At the Law Offices of John W. Merting, P.A. we have obtained successful out of court settlements and jury verdicts for blue water sailors, off shore oil workers, deckhands, fishermen, tugboat and barge operators, longshore workers, and others who have been injured in maritime  accidents. We represent clients in both state and federal court.

Select Recent Cases:

Petition of RJF International Corporation for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, Civil and Maritime, U.S. District Court - Rhode Island - Case No. 01-588-WS.

An 18-year old deckhand on a corporate owned mega-Yacht fell from the afterdeck striking his head on a concrete fuel dock, and then was under water for 7-10 minutes.  The injuries included traumatic and anoxic brain injuries with quadriplegia, spasticity and blindness.  The case was intensively litigated and included several full blown evidentiary hearings and an appeal to the First Circuit Court of Appeals (1 step below the U.S. Supreme Court) on several critical maintenance and cure issues.  We were successful on every issue.  The case ultimately settled, after two full days of mediation, for $5.4 Million, in addition to almost $2 Million of maintenance and cure obtained previously.  A Special Needs Trust was established which preserves the seaman's entitlement to state and federal government financial and medical benefits for life.

John Doe and Family v. XYZ, Inc., U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana.

Suit was brought in Louisiana by an offshore oil field worker against the owner and operator of an offshore oil facility for damages resulting from a mild brain injury sustained when he fell down some allegedly defective stairs on the facility.  After extensive litigation and two separate mediation sessions, the case was successfully settled for $3.4 Million.  Our efforts also resulted in the worker retaining the vast majority of his Social Security Disability benefits and his long-term disability income insurance benefits.

We accept referrals, act as co-counsel, and serve clients nationwide in serious injury matters involving personal injury and maritime law.

Contact Florida personal injury lawyer John W. Merting today.

Law Offices of John W. Merting, P.A.
Maritime Personal Injury Attorney
Gulf Breeze, FL

Representing clients nationwide and throughout the world who have been injured in an accident (including accidents involving maritime situations). Our Pensacola area law firm serves mariners throughout the Gulf Coast in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, and up the Mississippi River.