Personal Watercraft Accidents

Domengeaux Wright Roy & Edwards, L.L.C., headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana, has successfully handled numerous maritime accident cases involving personal water craft. Personal water craft accidents are more complex than is commonly understood. An experienced maritime lawyer with an in-depth understanding of maritime law can help determine whether state negligence laws apply or whether federal maritime laws apply.

Personal Water Craft Accidents

Our firm has fifty years of experience handling boating accidents. We understand how to handle boating accidents involving personal watercraft such as fishing boats, jet-skis, sail boats, and recreational speed boats. In addition, our attorneys have significant experience handling personal injury cases involving commercially operated boats, such as ferry boats, tour boats, airboats, shrimp boats, and cruise ships.

Depending on the body of water and the type of watercraft involved, the legal remedies available in boating accident cases vary significantly. Our boat accident lawyers have years of experience working with people injured in boating accidents. We know how to determine whether an injury claim should be pursued as a state negligence claim or under federal maritime or admiralty laws.

Our firm is widely respected for our ability to maximize compensation for people injured in Louisiana boating accidents. Our in-depth understanding of personal injury laws, coupled with our concentration on Jones Act and other maritime laws, allows us to seek the best possible sources of recovery for our client's injuries.

Contact our Louisiana Recreational Boating Accident Attorneys

If you or a member of your family has been injured in a recreational boating accident, please contact the maritime lawyers at Domengeaux Wright Roy & Edwards, L.L.C. Our main office is in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Domengeaux Wright Roy & Edwards, L.L.C. handles personal water craft accident cases for clients throughout the state of Louisiana including Lafayette Parish, Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, St. Martin Parish, St. Landry Parish, Vermilion Parish, Terrebonne Parish, Point Coupee Parish, Avoyelles Parish, Rapides Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish, and the cities of Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Morgan City, Franklin, New Iberia, Lake Charles, Alexandria, Shreveport, Bossier, Monroe, and Houma.