Maritime and Transportation Litigation
Murray-Nolan Berutti LLC has over 25 years of experience in admiralty and maritime law, and in the marine and transportation industry. Our expertise includes ocean and inland marine claims, maritime personal injury defense; major marine casualties; domestic and international sales of goods; cargo, product, and premises liability defense; and complex commercial litigation.
Our attorneys have represented a wide variety of corporate clients ranging from global Fortune 100 companies to small businesses. Representative clients include major marine insurers; vessel owners and charterers, carriers; Ocean Transportation Intermediaries (NVOCCs and freight forwarders), brokers, marine terminals and maritime premises owners; vessel repair yards; industrial manufacturers; supply chain and cold chain service providers; and bulk commodity traders.
We represent clients in matters implicating the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA), Harter Act, Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA), Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act (LHWCA), Jones Act, Death on the High Seas Act, and other federal laws and international conventions concerning damage to and loss of cargo and maritime personal injury. We experienced in litigating bills of lading; subrogation; marine insurance policy coverage; maritime contract disputes; carrier legal liability defense; major marine casualties and navigational errors; recreational marine claims; vessel charter party disputes and charterer’s legal liability; cold chain logistics practices; supply chain contract breach; marine terminal operator (MTO) agreements; maritime tort litigation; maritime sexual assault and harassment; online peer-to-peer vessel chartering liability defense; and any matter involving the transportation, sale, and insurance of goods.
Our work has provided us a broad knowledge base in various industries including multi-modal transportation; transportation intermediary operations and contracting; specialty chemicals & petrochemicals; industrial commodities; industrial project engineering; fresh fruits, vegetables, and frozen seafood; agricultural and mining commodities; pharmaceuticals; automotive and equipment manufacturing; consumer electronics, textiles and fashion apparel; precious metals; marine construction and engineering; vessel repair yards; recreational boating; vessel operations and chartering.
We commonly appear in Federal and State Courts and in arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association (AAA), International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), and Society of Maritime Arbitrators of New York (SMA).