Person broke ankle on vessel stairs leading to lawsuit, New York NY
Medical EmergencyA person fell on the stairs of the vessel Hamilton and broke their ankle. The individual sued the company and crew members, resulting in legal proceedings lasting several years. Another similar case involved a person claiming injury on the boat but actually falling near West 79th Street, unrelated to the crew.
Audio|Source: Northern NJ and NY City Area Marine
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Break his ankle on the stairs of the Hamilton.
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Dan, remember the Hamilton? I remember the Hamilton, yeah, really. He fell and broke his ankle.
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Yeah, dude.
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Like over nothing, like for no reason. Like, I don't know, he just stepped wrong and just tripped a little bit, but he just broke his shit.
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He ended up suing the company and everyone who was there,
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me, my whole crew, everybody, we all ended up getting phone calls and having to come in and it lasted for years.
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Yeah, I had a similar situation where I got called by the lawyers.
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This guy claimed he fell on the boat and busted himself up, but he never fell on the boat. He fell on the gangway on near W 79th St, which had nothing to do with me.
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I had to talk to the company lawyers and all that crap.
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Yeah, yeah, it was the same thing for us.
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We dealt with it for like,
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probably like three or four years.
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Location mentioned:
W 79th St, New York, NY 10024
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