Key West Injury Lawyer Blog
An Indian tourist has been identified as the man who died Wednesday, March 16, while scuba diving, according to reporting from The Miami Herald.
Abhinav Lamba, 43, was found in distress by a commercial dive crew on Molasses Reef at around 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 16. The crew brought him onto their boat and performed CPR while taking him to shore. Emergency responders took him to Mariners Hospital in Tavernier where he later died.
An autopsy will be performed to determine a cause and manner of death, however, officials told reporters that they do not suspect foul play.
In November, a 50-year-old man died after losing consciousness while scuba diving at a Key west shipwreck.
Just two months before that, 17-year-old Cameron Ruwe, of Plantation, Florida, died while diving in the Florida Keys.
Leesfield & Partners
Leesfield & Partners has tenaciously represented the victims of maritime incidents in Florida for 50 years. With offices in coastal cities like Key West and Miami, our attorneys have seen just about every accident that can occur on the water. From boating crashes to parasailing incidents to swimming and dive-related injuries, our attorneys represent every client with the care, compassion, and dedication necessary to secure the best possible result.
With offices in these coastal cities, our attorneys also understand that life in Florida is deeply interwoven with the water and the sports and activities that accompany it. Families create lifetime memories from barbequing on boats, fishing trips that begin at daybreak, and dives that forge bonds with
But when proper precautions are not taken, these moments can turn tragic in an instant, changing lives permanently. This is a sad fact that our attorneys know better than most.
As a part of the firm’s public safety advocacy, safety tips and memos are regularly shared on the firm’s digital board outside of its Miami office, which is situated on South Dixie Highway and is passed by hundreds of commuters every day. Additionally, the firm contributed annually via its Founder and Managing Partner, Ira Leesfield’s, charitable foundation – The Leesfield Family Foundation.
Previous Drowning and Swim-Related Injuries
Leesfield & Partners obtained a historic settlement in a case involving a swimming pool incident at a Hotel Resort Orlando in Osceola County. In that case, our client’s son was swimming when he was caught in the suction of the pool’s drain. The child could not be removed because the hotel failed to have an emergency shut off switch.
For nearly 10 minutes, our client’s child remained underwater. As a result, he was later diagnosed with brain damage that would require life-long medical care. This case, which was handled by Founder and Managing Partner, Ira Leesfield, is the largest result of its kind in Osceola County.
One family was forever changed when a father and husband lost his wife and two young daughters due to the U.S. Navy’s failure to maintain its pier in a safe condition.
“Ivan Grayson, tormented by the mind-numbing horror of the tragedy that wiped his family from the face of the earth, desperately needs to know why this happened,” U.S. District Judge James Lawrence King said of the case.
Grayson was awarded $2.95 million for the loss of his family.
Previously, the firm secured a seven-figure settlement for a family whose toddler drowned in South Florida. In that case, an inadequately installed child safety fence around the pool was found at the home.
The firm also represented the widow of a man who drowned while on a tour with a Florida boat company. The firm secured a $575,000 settlement in that case.
Previous Boating Injury Cases
Previously, the firm secured a substantial settlement in a case involving a minor who lost a leg while not being supervised on a vessel.
The firm previously handled the case of a family whose young son was snorkeling when he was hit and killed by a passing boater. The boater in that case was also a minor who should never have been given permission to operate the vessel without supervision. Not only did this minor not stop, but he attempted to cover up evidence and lie to police when questioned.
Neighbors later testified that this minor regularly operated the boat in a reckless manner.
The firm represented the family of a young woman, 20, who tragically died when the vessel she was on crashed into a concrete dock. The firm secured over $1.3 million for the family when it was revealed that the boat operator had been drinking and speeding the night of the crash.
In a jet ski and boat crash, Leesfield & Partners attorneys secured $935,750 for their client.
In a boat case involving a foreign resort, the firm secured an $800,000 recovery for the injured client.
The firm represented the widow of a man who drowned while on a boat tour at the Dry Tortugas National Park. The company’s tour guides instructed the man where he should go to snorkel and, within minutes, his body was found unresponsive.
The firm secured a six-figure recovery in that case.
Bernardo Pimentel II, a Leesfield & Partners Trial Attorney, represented the family of a young man and father-to-be who was lobster diving when he was killed by a law enforcement officer who negligently failed to adhere to divers-down flag laws.
