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Information on Staten Island ferry crash from leading NY personal injury lawyers

The Associated Press has reported on the settlement of the case of a widow who lost her husband in the Staten Island ferry crash in 2003.

The case was a wrongful death case and it settled for $8.7 million. The husband was killed when the ferry collided into a dock at the maximum speed. He is survived by his wife and four children.

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