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DON’T HIRE A CAR ACCIDENT ATTORNEY FOR A BOAT INJURY CASE

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At www.888BoatLaw.com we have 25 years in handling boating injury and cruise ship injury cases.  At www.888BoatLaw.com we handle boating injury cases every single day. When we look at websites for car accident attorneys it is easy to see that they have copied and cut and pasted information onto their websites to make it appear they handle boating injury and cruise ship injury cases. How do we know their claims are false about handling boating injury cases? Because we regularly see that they get basic facts wrong about boating accident cases. An attorney who says they handle boating accident cases should know the statute of limitations to your boating accident case. But we see it time and again that the car accident attorney has stated on their website the wrong statute of limitations for a boating accident case. This can be fatal to your case.

If the car accident attorney you are looking at does not even know the statute of limitations, it is unlikely they know the law that applies to your boating or Jetski injury case. It is not car accident law. Is that who you are going to trust for your important boating accident case?  Or do you trust a law firm that specializes in boating accident law.  You should trust the maritime law firm that battles these cases for clients every day of the week.

Any attorney can post a bunch of generic “talk” about how great they are, but if they cannot get the basic principles correct about your case, you need to hire a boating accident specialist law firm. Trust www.888BoatLaw.com. We represent injured people from all corners of Florida right now and many who are from out-of-State. Car accident attorneys who know better, they refer their boating accident cases to us. Do not allow a car accident attorney to fumble their way through your case while trying to figure out the law which applies to your case.

HERE IS WHY IT MATTERS TO HIRE A BOATING ACCIDENT ATTORNEY

It matters that you hire a boating accident attorney and here is why.

  1. First, the boat or JetSki insurer against you will have experienced maritime defense attorneys working to keep you from winning your case.
  1. The boating insurers do not hire car accident defense attorneys. The group of attorneys who actually handle maritime law cases is very small in the State of Florida, fewer than 100 according to Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. Consider that more than half of that 100 attorneys are working for insurance companies, not for injured boating accident claimants.
  1. Another reason you need to hire a true boating accident attorney is that the car accident attorney is not going to know maritime law and that much of it is practiced from federal law and in federal court—not in state court where the vast majority of car accident cases are handled.
  1. If the car accident attorney does not even know what law applies it is unlikely they know the technical aspects of the case, like what U.S. Coast Guard rules apply in your case, what electronic data is needed to help prove your case, and have likely never dealt with the law enforcement involved in a boating accident case.
  1. Car accident attorneys frequently call us to ask what experts they should use in a boating accident case they are trying to handle. If the car accident attorney has to call us for advice, that should tell you who should be handling your boating accident case.

 

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