Arnold & Itkin LLP files unseaworthiness case against Fugro on behalf of injured seaman
Jones Act lawyers Kurt Arnold and Paul Skrabanek of Arnold and Itkin LLP filed a lawsuit on behalf of Mario Gonzales, a seaman and long-term employee of Fugro who sustained injuries to his neck and back in a fall that occurred when he slipped on the stern of M/V Fugro Discovery. Several fellow crew members witnessed the fall and reported the accident. Gonzales now suffers chronic back pain and migraine headaches. The 230’ Fugro Discovery, built in 1997 for the Norwegian navy, is now used as a multi-role geophysical and hydrographical survey vessel. At the time of the accident, Fugro Discovery was conducting operations in the Bay of Campeche on behalf of PEMEX, Mexico’s state-owned petroleum company. The lawsuit was filed in Houston, Texas.
