Personal Injury
Hill Rivkins’ practitioners are experienced both in obtaining recoveries for injured clients and in defending liability insurers’ interests. At every milestone in a personal injury case, from discovery to jury verdict, Hill Rivkins is engaged to keep our clients’ interests at the fore.
Hill Rivkins’ personal injury litigators have extensive experience trying a wide range of personal injury matters in the courts, and have also achieved favorable results for our clients in alternative dispute resolution venues. We understand the emotional stakes surrounding our clients’ personal injury cases, and our goal is to ensure that our clients’ emotional and financial well being is aggressively protected.
Representative matters include:
- Successful defense of a major classification society in a lawsuit in Louisana federal court arising from crewmens' personal injuries and deaths sustained in the capsize of a scallop boat.
- Obtaining summary-judgment dismissal of a Louisiana state court action against major vessel classification society alleging wrongful deaths of 32 crewmen following the sinking of a bulk carrier.