{"id":17420,"date":"2024-04-09T13:33:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T17:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/?post_type=verdicts&#038;p=17420"},"modified":"2024-05-02T14:05:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T18:05:40","slug":"1000000-private-mediation","status":"publish","type":"verdicts","link":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/es\/veredictos\/1000000-private-mediation\/","title":{"rendered":"$1,000,000 Private Mediation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our client was employed as a diving superintendent working on a project in the Hudson River replacing underwater cable conduits. \u00a0While disembarking from the main deck of the co-defendant\u2019s barge to co-defendant\u2019s tugboat that was hired to transport workers to and from land, our client slipped and fell into the water.\u00a0 He sustained numerous tears to his shoulder and knee, both requiring extensive surgical intervention.\u00a0 Our client was forced to retire as he was unable to return to work due to the injuries sustained. \u00a0We asserted causes of actions against both owners of the barge and tugboat, that included Violation of \u201cThe Jones Act\u201d, Vessel Negligence Under 33 U.S.C 905(b) and 33 U.S.C. 933, Negligence and Breach of the Duties Imposed by The General Maritime Law and Common Law Negligence.\u00a0 The parties settled the matter at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/verdicts\/750000-private-mediation\/\">private mediation<\/a> for $1,000,000, which also included the defendants fully satisfying our client\u2019s Workers\u2019 Compensation lien.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our client was employed as a diving superintendent working on a project in the Hudson River replacing underwater cable conduits. \u00a0While disembarking from the main deck of the co-defendant\u2019s barge&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","verdict_category":[769],"class_list":["post-17420","verdicts","type-verdicts","status-publish","hentry","verdict_category-maritime-law"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdicts\/17420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdicts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/verdicts"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdicts\/17420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"verdict_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict_category?post=17420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}