MARITIME  LAW  ISSUES
 The firm frequently handles cases involving the following issues.

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• The Jones Act

• Limitation of Liability

• Damage to Government Structures

• Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act

• Floating Casino Admiralty Law Issues

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ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS 
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Using Experts in Litigation (article written by Jim Mondl and Courtney Stirrat and presented at the 2010 Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association Seminar, April 30, 2010)
 
2. Litigating Recreational Boating Cases (article written by Jim Mondl and published in the St. Louis Bar Journal,Vol. 55, № 2, Fall 2008).
    
3. Additional Assureds & Coverage Gaps in Marine Insurance (presented by Simon Tonkin at the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Maritime Law Seminar, September 18, 2008).
    
4. Contract Labor and the Marine Industry (presented by Simon Tonkin at the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association River and Marine Industry Seminar, April 24, 2008).
    
5. Recent Developments in the Law-Jury Trials (presented by Jim Mondl at the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Maritime Law Seminar, October 27, 2006).
    
6. Responding to Serious Marine Incident-The Barge Fleeter’s Perspective (presented by Simon Tonkin at the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Maritime Law Seminar, October 27, 2006).
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   Maritime Death Cases-Some Legal Issues and Practical Considerations (presented by Simon Tonkin at the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Maritime Law Seminar, November 18, 2004).
    
8. Barge Fleeting Liability (presented by Simon Tonkin and Jim Mondl at the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association River and Marine Industry Seminar, September 10, 2003).
    
9. Surveying the Case Law of the Past Year (presented by Jim Mondl at the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Maritime Law Seminar, May 19, 2003).
    
10. Maintenance & Cure-A Defendant’s Perspective (presented by Simon Tonkin at the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Maritime Law Seminar, April 18, 2001).
     
11. The Maritime Doctrine of Maintenance & Cure-An Overview (article written by Simon Tonkin and Jim Mondl and published at the St. Louis Bar Journal, Vol. XLV, № 2, Fall 1998).
     
12. The Employer’s Dilemma Caused by Maintenance and Cure Pmts   (presented by Simon Tonkin at the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association, River and Marine Industry Seminar, September 10-12, 1997).
     
13. The Duty to Rescue Under Maritime Law (presented by Jim Mondl at the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Admiralty Committee Seminar: Maritime Law for Inland Rivers Operators and Practitioners, June 26, 1997).