{"id":1553,"date":"2015-02-11T14:38:52","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T11:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metaxopouloslaw.gr\/?p=1553"},"modified":"2015-02-11T14:38:52","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T11:38:52","slug":"legal-support-for-the-shipwreck-of-norman-atlantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metaxopouloslaw.gr\/en\/legal-support-for-the-shipwreck-of-norman-atlantic\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Support for the Shipwreck of Norman Atlantic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Information from the Official Blog <\/a>of “Justice for Norman Atlantic”.<\/p>\n

ABOUT US:<\/strong><\/span> We are a group of lawyers, experts in Ship & mass disaster, as pool \u201cGiustizia per la Concordia\u201d we have been leaders among the civil parties in the crime trial for the shipwreck of Costa Concordia<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>, in which we are still engaged in defending a group of about one hundred passengers<\/strong> in hearings against Francesco Schettino, and we are, as civil parties and prominent leaders, from the early stages of investigations in all Italian major criminal cases involving common interests to victims of personal injury (justice for asbestos victims) or for financial loss of mass numbers (justice for victims of crack SAI insurance), as in many other procedural steps to protect victims of mass disaster and serial damages.<\/p>\n

WHAT WE ARE DOING:<\/strong><\/span> In the Norton Atlantic case, on the side of the civil requests of damages, we have already initiated procedures to request compensation for all passengers of the Norman Atlantic that we are already assisting \u2013 sending formal requests for compensation for each of the survivors, while from the criminal investigation & trial point of view, we immediately filed a first group of complaints to the Public Prosecutor of Bari, with requests toseize assets and goods<\/strong> of the two Companies involved, Visemar and Anek Lines, to guarantee the compensation for damages to our clients. We are the only lawyers, up to the date, to have proposed to the Public Prosecutor this important protection measure, for the victim\u2019s future compensations, in the event that the insurance companies, for whatever reason, would try to refuse to pay. It is obviously fundamental to have the maximum possible adhesion from passengers, to give on one hand greater impetus to our request to seize Companies\u2019 assets, and in the other hand to be able \u2013 in this way \u2013 to ensure coverage through the seizure of assets and trough our other initiatives in your favor. Check our LATEST NEWS<\/span> from the top menu.<\/strong><\/p>\n

WHAT YOU NEED TO ACT FOR DAMAGE COMPENSATION:<\/strong><\/span> as the passengers list is still incomplete, you must be able to demonstrate that you were onboard of the Norman Atlantic ship: even without the coupon ticket of Anek Lines or agency Archibugi one, it could be sufficient to prove your presence on board of one of the military ships or helicopters that have rescued passengers; please keep all the receipts of the expenses you paid and need to pay and the medical certificates, please record the transfer and any further expenses in which you incurred to return home and to get medical opinions and visits; get yourself a certificate of a medical psychologist-psychiatrist<\/strong> about the state of anxiety and post traumatic stress <\/strong><\/span><\/a>(if present), preferably from a public medic institute. The time limit to file a criminal complaint is of 90 days from the moment of the sinking, but you should immediately start actions, sending a letter requesting damages and proposing our criminal complaints files.<\/p>\n

WHAT WE PROVIDE YOU:<\/strong><\/span> the pool of \u201cGiustizia per il Norman Atlantic\u201d offers you a global and 360\u00b0 legal assistance<\/strong> not only to get the maximum compensation, through our team of experienced attorneys with law firms present on virtually the entire territory in Italy, but we also provided help to single survivors and groups of them to get back home forcing Anek Lines to ensure and pay for returns, and refund the costs of first needs, and we are providing more and more passengers informations and assistance to take a decision. We offer a full package of trust, even giving you the chance to get, for the forensic final report, the technical opinion of Prof. Giovanni De Girolamo, who is the leading expert of PTSD <\/a>in Italy, already our consultant in the Costa Concordia\u2019s case and one of the experts appointed by our Ministries in catastrophic events such as Chernobyl, who will provide and examine the psychological consequences as a result of your participation in a highly traumatic experience such as the burning of the Norman Atlantic and and being for 72 hours on top board, in harsh physical conditions, in order to relate effectively and targeting to be compensated in the right measure. Please note, You should consider that the compensation issue will involve some very peculiar matters, as maritime laws and connecting it to the crime investigations: as a result of a crime, intentional or not, the insurance and the involved companies might refuse to pay, until the end of the investigation phase, unless we push them through complaints and seizure actions. Not all the lawyers will be able to handle the case properly, and you should consider that Italy has the jurisdiction on the criminal procedure<\/b>, so you might end up doubling the costs for an italian and uk\/greece firm. The civil case option, that some greek law firm is suggesting, is at the moment the most unknown path, for timing and results. We have a specific experience on maritime & mass disaster, such as Concordia Shipwreck, and for this reason we are very confident on our means and on possibile choices for our client\u2019s best results.<\/p>\n

WHAT ARE THE LEGAL COSTS<\/strong>:<\/span> we operate in a very clear and absolute transparent method, there is no need of any anticipated payment and we carry out the assistance without requesting any retainer and with zero costs for the Clients<\/strong>, the only expense that remains on your side is for medical certificates; obviously our lawyers do not work for free; the payment system is regulated as a contingency fees\u2019 pact<\/span><\/strong> that predicts to leave to lawyers for their assistance a percentage of the amounts that will be earned as compensation in your favor. For this case it is the best possible, virtuous and beneficial deal for the victims of the tragedy, since, without having to anticipate any expense<\/strong> or risk to pay thousands of euro in fees for legal actions, our lawyers will have to work to get the possible maximum compensations in your interest in the shortest time as possible. The assistance of our pool covers entirely any cost either for the phase out of court (letters and notices damages, negotiations, meetings, transactions, etc.) and either the actions that we are promoting and we intend to promote on behalf of all of our Clients (complaints, request for seizure, represent you as civil part in the criminal trial etc. etc.).<\/p>\n

The whole procedure of transmission of documents and updates will be predominantlyONLINE<\/strong> through the blog, without the need to physically visit our Offices, or via email and web videoconferences, or by setting a traditional telephone call or in person at one of our offices, virtually across Italy entirely, or in Greece or in Albany.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We opened a helpline <\/strong>and a web forum for passengers <\/strong>to exchange informations and advices on the possible compensations in regard of the shipwreck \u2013 fire Norman Atlantic<\/p>\n

Contact us by phone or email now, NO COMMITMENT OF EXPENSES<\/span>, free consultation, immediate responses of our lawyers, FULL ENGLISH SPOKEN<\/span> \u2013 Greek and Albanian lawyers available.<\/strong><\/p>\n