July 26, 2017
The owners of the S.S. El Faro, a cargo ship that sank near the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin in 2015, have settled claims over lost cargo brought by FedEx and others, according to documents filed Tuesday in Florida federal court.
February 21, 2017
The owners of the S.S. El Faro, a cargo ship that sank near the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin in 2015, have settled 17 claims brought by a variety of companies and the families of some of the crew members who died, according to documents filed Tuesday in Florida federal court.
February 06, 2017
A Florida federal magistrate judge on Monday refused to disqualify Arnold & Itkin LLP from representing widowers bringing wrongful death claims on behalf of their husbands who died when the El Faro cargo ship sank off the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin in 2015, finding the alleged conflict is only hypothetical.
January 18, 2017
Three widows litigating wrongful death claims on behalf of their husbands who died when the El Faro cargo ship sank off the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin in 2015 said Tuesday that the ship's owners made a bad-faith claim of conflict in a bid to disqualify their common counsel.
January 04, 2017
The owners of the El Faro, a cargo ship that sank near the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin in 2015, asked a Florida federal judge Tuesday to disqualify Arnold & Itkin LLP from representing three different wrongful death claimants, saying a cap on potential payouts creates adverse interests between those clients.
October 14, 2016
The personal representatives of two victims of the 2015 sinking of the cargo ship El Faro during Hurricane Joaquin have fallen far short of demonstrating that there are no factual disputes and that the ship's owners are liable for the accident, a Florida federal judge ruled Thursday.
March 02, 2016
The owners of the El Faro, a cargo ship that sank near the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin last year, have reached settlements with representatives for four more crew members killed in the incident, according to court filings entered Tuesday in a Florida federal court.
January 25, 2016
The families of 10 crew members killed when a cargo ship sank near the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin will receive at least $500,000 each to settle their claims in an action brought by El Faro's owners hoping to shake responsibility for the disaster, according to a Friday court filing.