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South Florida Boat Accident Lawyer, Florida Boat Accident Attorneys

South Florida Boat Accident Lawyer David I. Fuchs has over 17 years of experience in successfully representing boat accident victims, their families and friends who have sustained and suffered serious bodily injuries because of the negligence of another party or driver.

As of 2003, there were 12,794,616 registered boats and personal water craft in the United States.Water sports such as waterskiing, wake boarding, swimming, jet skiing, fishing, or using personal water craft can be fun, however these types of activities can be dangerous especially in the hands of someone who is inexperienced or intoxicated. Some of these injuries include, drowning, carbon monoxide poisoning, burns, amputations, prop injuries, hypothermia, head injuries, disfigurement, or collisions where someone is ejected from the water craft which can cause a soft tissue injury or broken bones. Most laws with regard to negligence apply to boaters and most boats are covered by insurance policies that will compensate you for your injuries.

The United States Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety conducts a nationwide annual study on boating accidents. According to their report in 2003 , there were 5,438 accidents, 3,888 injuries and 703 fatalities (Alcohol was involved in 31% of these fatalities) as a result of boating and personal water craft use. As a result of the 5,438 accidents there was a total of $40,422,374 in property damage. The most reported type of accident was a collision with another vessel. The most common types of boats involved in reported accidents were open motorboats (1,891 or 42%), personal water craft (1,228 or 27%), and cabin motorboats (367 or 14%). Overall, operator inattention, carelessness/reckless operation, operator inexperience, and excessive speed are the leading contributing factors of all reported accidents.

Capsizing and falls overboard are the most reported types of fatal accidents and accounted for over half (57%) of all boating fatalities. Approximately 70% of these fatalities occurred where the victim drowned (481 out of 703) and 86% of the victims who drowned were not wearing a personal flotation device (PFD) or lifejacket. 416 lives might have been saved had these victims worn some kind of flotation device.

You must remember to wear a personal flotation device or lifejacket, it does save lives.

South Florida boat accident lawyer David I. Fuchs will represent you for injuries that include, but are not limited to:

I) Injuries requiring surgery, sutures, staples

2) Traumatic Brain Injury, including those caused by oxygen deprivation

3) Severe burns resulting in significant and permanent scarring

4) Mental anguish and emotional distress, death

5) Those injuries caused by a collision with a driver that is drunk, impaired or otherwise under the influence of narcotics or drugs.

After a collision with another party it is imperative to call the police to the accident scene, seek immediate medical treatment. It is then important to seek legal counsel to protect your legal rights by calling Florida boat accident lawyer David I. Fuchs who will take your call and speak with you immediately about your boat accident. Florida boat accident lawyer David I. Fuchs will then stand ready to fight for you to see that you get compensation for your pain and suffering, any lost wages and medical bills. 

Call South Florida boat accident Attorney David I. Fuchs Toll Free at 800-570-2858 for a free consultation to discuss your accident case. You may also write to South Florida boat accident Attorney David I. Fuchs by filling out the form on the "Contact Us" page."

If you can not come to us South Florida boat accident lawyer David I. Fuchs will send a representative to see you.  We speak English and Spanish. Se habla ingles y espanol. 

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