Lyle C. Cavin, Jr.
Top rated Transportation & Maritime attorney in Oakland, California
Practice Areas:
Transportation & maritime,
Admiralty & maritime law,
Wrongful death,
Personal injury,
Workers' compensation
Education Qualification:
Golden Gate University School of Law
Practice Areas:
Transportation & maritime,
Admiralty & maritime law,
Wrongful death,
Personal injury,
Workers' compensation
11 Embarcadero West Suite 134Oakland, California, 94607
First Admitted: 1970, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.sealawyer.com/attorney/lyle-c-cavin-jr/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Member
- Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association, Past-President
- Judge Pro Tem for the San Francisco Superior Court
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Member
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- California
- Western Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Member
- Pro Tem Settlement Commissioner for Alameda County
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury - Back/Hip Injury. Result – Settled for $2,000,000. Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury - Knee injury. Result – Settled for $2,000,000. Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Respiratory injury. Result – Settled for $825,000. Wrongful Death - Bicycle accident Pedestrian hit and killed by speeding bicyclist. Result - Settled for $2,105,000. Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury - Seaman fell from ladder on tug boat. Result - Judge awarded plaintiff $832,236 Personal Injury - Sexual assault of a developmentally disabled minor by school bus driver. Result – Settled for $645,000 Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Catastrophic container ship accident. Result – Settled for $4,250,000 Fishing boat accident – Fisherman suffered traumatic head injury after being hit by a metal float. Result – Settled for $5,000,000 Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Fall from ladder aboard ship. Result – Settled for $1,400,000 Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Catastrophic container ship accident. Result – Settled for $4,250,000 Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Fall from ladder aboard ship. Result – Settled for $1,400,000 Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Repetitive stress injury. Result – Settled for $1,525,000 Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury. Result – Settled for $1,075,000 Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Slip and fall on the deck of a tanker. Result – Settled for $2,300,000 Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Seaman fell from top of crane cab. Result – Jury awarded $3,170,000 Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Catastrophic container ship accident. Result – Settled for $1,925,000 Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Benzene exposure. Result – Settled for $670,000 Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Catastrophic container ship accident. Result – Settled for $1,500,000 Maritime Personal Injury - Livestock tender back injury Result - Settled for $250,000.
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Speaker, Joint American-English American Bar Association meeting in London, 1985
- The Unseaworthiness Doctrine
- Seaman’s Assault
- Pleasure Craft Personal Injury
Industry Groups:
- Admiralty
- Fishing Boats
- Jones Act
- Longshore/Harborworkers
- Maritime
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