Crew Member Tossed Overboard After Cruise Ship Accident

By Aronfeld Trial Lawyers The search for Natalie Molina, a crew member of the Norwegian Pearl cruise ship, has finally been suspended after a rigorous search that began early last Thursday morning. The Coast Guard was notified about the incident at around 5:30 AM when...
Greatest Protection Under Lien Law

Greatest Protection Under Lien Law

By Alexander Barthet Sometimes those performing work on a job site don’t easily fall into the category of a subcontractor or supplier. Laborer A laborer, generally defined as any person other than an architect, landscape architect, engineer, surveyor or mapper, is...
Greatest Protection Under Lien Law

Greatest Protection Under Lien Law

By Alexander Barthet Sometimes those performing work on a job site don’t easily fall into the category of a subcontractor or supplier. Laborer A laborer, generally defined as any person other than an architect, landscape architect, engineer, surveyor or mapper, is...

Tragedy Aboard World’s Largest Cruise Ship

By Aronfeld Trial Lawyers Tragedy aboard RCCL’s Harmony of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship ever built:  a 42- year-old crew member from the Philippines was killed, and four others were seriously injured when a lifeboat detached from the ship during a safety...
Arbitration is Enforced

Arbitration is Enforced

By Alexander Barthet Many construction agreements call for binding arbitration as the means to resolve a dispute between the contracting parties. Pretty straightforward. But what happens if one party disregards the arbitration provision and files suit? Can the other...