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Porter Simon Sierra Injury Lawyers’ Partner Ravn Whitington reached a confidential settlement on behalf of his clients in a wrongful death lawsuit arising from an August 10, 2023 fatal boat accident on Nevada’s Lake Mead. Tragically, two people lost their lives in the accident, and Porter Simon Sierra Injury Lawyers represented the children of one of the deceased.

According to the Nevada Department of Wildlife, the party responsible for the incident was arrested at the scene of the accident and booked on suspicion or “operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance” and “homicide by vessel.”

Impaired Recreational Boat Operator Arrests on the Rise

According to data from the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, arrests of impaired boat operators were on the rise at the time of the accident. 2022 saw a high of 147 arrests, up from 80 in 2021.

Alcohol use is the primary contributing factor to fatal recreational boat accidents, according to 2022 data from the U.S. Coast Guard. To help raise awareness of the widespread problem, the Coast Guard launched Operation Dry Water which aims to reduce the number of accidents and fatalities caused by alcohol use.