Attorney Referrals
In
addition to representing the diver directly Delise & Hall
assists attorneys as co-counsel, consultants or expert witnesses
for referring attorneys.
As consultants we are available to assist fellow attorneys in
the pre-litigation screening and evaluation of cases involving
Jones Act or general maritime cases, recreational, technical or
public safety claims for personal injury or wrongful death in
instructor, resort or vessel negligence, products liability or
professional negligence.
As co-counsel we are able to help with referral counsel’s
evaluation without the added expense of hiring an expert
witness. We are able to assist in the drafting of discovery or
the taking of depositions of fact or expert witnesses tendered
in the fields of instructor negligence, certification standards,
hyperbaric medicine, product design or commercial diving
procedures and policies, US Coast Guard and OSHA regulations. We
will dive the site of the incident and capture the scene with
digital video so that the trier of fact gets a close up look of
the scene.
In wrongful death cases we can assist in reviewing medical
examiner’s reports and cause of death conclusions in diver
deaths. We can assist in the post death investigation by
establishing the investigation protocol so that precious time is
not lost in the securing of witness statements and equipment
preservation.
Whatever help is needed at the pre-litigation or post
litigation time stages we are available on short notice to
travel worldwide to assist the referring attorney in whatever
means necessary to better serve their clients in their time of
need.
