The California boating accident lawyers at the Law Offices of Samer Habbas would like to remind boaters throughout our state that the prevention of boating accidents begins with you. Our Orange County boating accident attorneys help clients injured in accidents every day that could have been prevented with proper preparation and observation of the rules. Here are the ABC’s of California boating laws that everyone can observe to make...

The U.S. Coast Guard reports that watercraft and boating accidents are on the rise in California and the rest of the country. These types of accidents are slowly increasing each year. The rising popularity of jet skis and other kinds of personal watercraft are one of the factors that the Coast Guard says is contributing to more watercraft and boating accidents in California and elsewhere. The fact that there...

California’s Boating Accident Program was created to provide a database for boating accident analysis and make the state’s waterways safer for people using all sorts of watercraft. Each year, California releases a comprehensive study of the different types of boating accidents that occurred in the state the previous year. The study provides information on the types of accidents, the number of fatalities caused in accidents and the number and...

The Half Moon Bay Review tells the story of a woman who refuses to give up on her quest for justice concerning the unsolved boating accident that claimed the lives of her brother and another fisherman. Elizabeth Pennisi-Nozicka claims that her brother, Captain David “Rowdy” Pennisi, was the victim of a collision between his boat (the Relentless, a small fishing vessel) and a transoceanic shipping freighter. In 2004, Pennisi...