At least two people were rescued Monday, Nov. 3, after their boat caught fire off Hollywood Beach, according to reporters from The Miami Herald. The 35-foot boat caught fire about four miles from the shore and at least two people were rescued by another boater, fire officials told the newspaper.…
Leesfield & Partners recently filed a lawsuit following the gruesome and permanent injury of 11-year-old Catherine Viteri, a camper at the Coconut Grove Sailing Club’s summer camp. The case is being handled by Partner Justin B. Shapiro and Trial Attorney Eric Shane. On July 10, 2025, Catherine and children were…
At least four people were pulled from the water Sunday afternoon after their boat capsized near Haulover Inlet in Miami, according to reporting from local media. All four were found sitting on the overturned hull of their 25-foot boat around 4 p.m. The boat was found nearly seven miles short…
One of two sisters involved in an Aug. 12 fatal personal watercraft crash in Fort Lauderdale’s Intracoastal Waterway is reportedly in stable condition, according to reporting from local news outlets. Aviva Bracha Nisanov, 16, of New York, was rushed to Broward Medical Center in critical condition following the crash that…
A 24-year-old diving boat scheduled to be purposefully sunk for use as a coral reef held on a bit longer after it got stuck under a bridge in the Florida Panhandle. The 75-foot vessel, a diving boat named the Nekton Rorqual, was being towed by a tugboat beneath the William…
The girls from a prominent family in the Queens, New York, Bukharian Jewish community who were involved in a deadly Fort Lauderdale personal watercraft crash were on a guided tour, according to authorities. The two, 13-year-old Rachel Aliza Nisanov and her sister, 16-year-old Aviva Bracha Nisanov, were riding tandem on…
Weeks after a devastating sailboat-barge collision in Miami Beach, another tragedy has struck South Florida — this time leaving one teenager dead and another seriously injured. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon in Fort Lauderdale on the Intracoastal Waterway near the 2800 block of Northeast 24th Court, according to reporting from…
Leesfield & Partners is representing 7-year-old Calena Areyan Gruber and her family following the devastating sailboat crash that killed three other minors in Miami Beach. “My heart goes out to the families of those involved in this most tragic incident,” said Partner Justin B. Shapiro. “Very few details have been…
A 10-year-old girl has died at the hospital days after being involved in a barge-sailboat crash in Miami Beach that killed two other children. Arielle Mazi Buchman died Thursday at Jackson Memorial Hospital, according to reporting from The Miami Herald. Mila Tankelevich, 7, and 13-year-old Erin Victoria Ko Han died…
Neither the tugboat captain, a camp counselor, nor a person aboard the barge was under the influence of drugs or alcohol during the fatal boat crash that killed one child and injured others off Miami Beach on Monday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. These initial findings were reported Friday…
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