Maine Man Suing Over Workplace Accident That Claimed Two Fingers

October 19, 2017

A Machiasport, Maine, man is suing a salmon farm over a workplace injury in which he lost two fingers.

Jesse Redman sued True North Salmon US Inc. and Cooke Aquaculture USA Inc. last week in U.S. District Court in Bangor, Maine. He’s seeking unspecified damages.

His lawyer, Dov Sacks, told the Bangor Daily News that the injury was so serious that Redman “may never be able to go to sea again.”

The lawsuit contends he was gripping a rope for balance because there was no gang plank when the site manager activated a winch that crushed his hand.

Attorney William Devoe, who represents the salmon companies, said he could not comment on the lawsuit because he has not seen the complaint.

Topics Lawsuits Commercial Lines Business Insurance

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  • October 20, 2017 at 9:11 am
    Claims guy says:
    From the little detail in the article I have to assume this comes under the Jones Act, not standard WC. I believe under that act there is allowed as tort remedy.
  • October 19, 2017 at 4:39 pm
    texex says:
    Loss was on a boat. Coverage may be maritime in nature, outside the scope of statutory WC. Not much info in the article.
  • October 19, 2017 at 3:30 pm
    Compliance Gal says:
    ME does have a WC board...They've been harassing me for weeks to update our companies WC claims contact info, though I keep reminding them we terminated that line of business ... read more

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