Boat Accidents

With hundreds of miles of coastline and waterways, Florida is a year-round boater’s paradise. Unfortunately, boating and watercraft accidents are an ongoing reality. Florida’s beaches, lakes and waterways are crowded with boats, boards, jet skis and other personal watercrafts. With no certification required to operate these water crafts, anyone can operate a boat or other watercraft. For the sake of comparison, imagine our highways if there were no driver’s license or vision exams, no speed limits, no directional arrows, and no lane markings.

That, unfortunately, is roughly how unsafe the beaches, lakes and waterways can be if/and when you have: an inexperienced operator, a cooler full of beer, a high-powered boat, a razor sharp propeller, open water, a skier or wake boarder in back, and 1,000 other boaters with similar distractions!!

Barbara G. Banks, P.A. represents clients throughout Florida who have suffered personal injuries or wrongful death in accidents and collisions involving motor boats, jet skis, personal watercraft, water skis, wake boards, etc. These sometimes tragic incidents can happen on the water, beach, dock or even inside the boats. In 2007, there were a total of 5,223 boating accidents nationwide, including 688 fatalities and 3,686 injuries. Property damage hit a new record value of $53,288,858 in 2007. The most reported type of accident was a collision with another vessel. Carelessness, reckless operation, operator inattention, operator inexperience, driving while under the influence and excessive speed were the leading causes of all reported accidents.

Barbara G. Banks of The Law Offices of Barbara G. Banks, P.A. is a Coral Springs, Florida based attorney who represents serious personal injury and wrongful death clients throughout the State of Florida.

If you have been injured or have lost a loved one in a boating/watercraft accident, contact The Law Offices of Barbara G. Banks. Our office is prepared to serve victims of boating and watercraft accidents throughout Florida, including: Delray Beach, Vero Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Boca Raton, Coral Springs, Hollywood, Pompano, Deerfield Beach and Lantana Beach.

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