Cape Ferrat
Santa Ana, CA — A “settlement agreement” has been reached by the parties — plaintiffs and defendants — in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the surviving family members of a fisherman, Michael Castaneda, who died when he fell overboard a US fishing vessel, Cape Ferrat, while it was docked in Pago...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “American Samoa would be an inadequate forum” to hear claims under the federal Jones Act by relatives of a US seaman who died in the territory, because the “High Court of American Samoa does not conduct jury trials in civil actions,” declared attorneys for plaintiffs in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A hearing is scheduled for next month at the federal court at Santa Ana, California on the motion to dismiss for “forum non conveniens”, in the wrongful death lawsuit of a fisherman who died after falling overboard while the US flagged purse seiner Cape Ferrat was dock...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued four violations, three of which are considered “serious” — and fines totaling more than $19,000 — following the death of a man who fell overboard a fishing vessel that was docked at the cannery side...