 Hector V. Pazos, P.E.
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MARINE ACCIDENTS - INVESTIGATION SERVICES
EXPERT WITNESS
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During the past 30 years, Ocean-Oil has been retained to assist lawyers, insurance companies, and owners regarding technical matters in a substantial number of litigations (over 1,200). We have made surveys and inspections, prepared reports, and/or testified by deposition and in court in more than 400 cases involving:
- power and sail pleasure boats
- passenger and cargo vessels
- offshore platforms
- drilling rigs
- fishing vessels
- pipelines
- barges
- floating cranes
- collisions
- salvage
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- towing
- damages to docks
- slip and fall
- inclined and vertical ladders
- fires and explosions
- diving accidents
- noise and/or vibration
- containers
- dredges
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These litigations can be classified generally as:
- Accident Reconstruction
- Product Liability
- Equipment Failure
- Structural Failure
- Latent Defects
- Vessel Safety and Seaworthiness
- Aquatics/Recreation
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- Design/Construction Defects
- Cause of Vessel Sinking
- Vessel Stability
- Salvage of Vessels
- Engine and Steering Damage
- Personal Injury/Safety
- Biomechanics
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Mr Pazos' Academic Background: M. S. in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina 1959. Further studies at Tulane, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Princeton Universities. Courses, Seminars, and Conferences:
- Structural Steel Design
- Computers
- Vibrations
- Diesel Engines
- Shipbuilding Practices
- Offshore Petroleum Technology
- Underwater Welding
- USCG Auxiliary/Power Squadron/
Safety at Sea
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- Finance and Accounting
- Containers
- Navigation
- Hydraulics
- Propellers
- Propulsion Machinery
- Accident Reconstruction
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE OF HECTOR V. PAZOS:
- 1970-present: President, Ocean-Oil International Corp.
- 1969-1970: Vice President and Chief Engineer, Petro Marine Engineering, Inc.
- 1969: Department Supervisor, Naval Architecture and Structures, Avondale Shipyards, Inc.
- 1966-1969: Staff Naval Architect, Hydrodynamics, FMC Corporation California
- 1960-1966: Ass't Supervisor of the Scientific Section, Avondale Shipyards, Inc.
- 1960: Designer, National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA
- 1959-1960: Assistant to the Chief Engineer, Buenos Aires Naval Shipyard, Argentina
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ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OF HECTOR V. PAZOS IN THE MARITIME FIELD:
- Marine Salvage and Wreck Removal: Salvage engineer and consultant in many marine mishaps, collisions, groundings, capsizings, fires and explosions, and wreck removals, including the complete engineering for the clearance of the Suez Canal, and the largest lift for salvage in the American Continent: a 5,100 ton drilling rig.
- Archaeological and Valuable Cargo Salvage: Research and field operations.
- Extensive International Experience: Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mexico, Honduras, Panama, Venezuela, Trinidad, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, England, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Antigua, St. Martin, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Canada, Anguilla, Spain, and most countries and islands of the Caribbean and Central America.
- Sailor, Boatman, Owner-Operator: 38-foot sailboat, 24-foot power boats, four commercial fishing boats from 49 feet to 85 feet.
- Affiliations: Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; American Boat and Yacht Council.
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Partial List of Cases Involving Court Testimony or Depositions by Hector V. Pazos
between 1992 and Present |
- Michael S. O'Brien (attorney) - Joseph Renee Broussard vs. Hargett Mooring & Marine, Inc. - Testified January 1992
- Rick Christovich (attorney) - The Estate of Charles Michael DeMoss vs. Union Oil Co. of California, et al - Testified February 1992
- Allen A. McElroy, Jr. (attorney) - Rita Swilley Seal vs. EDO Corp. - Testified March 1993
- Ronald L. Buchsbom (attorney) - Kilmon vs. Prout (explosion on sailboat) - Testified July 1993
- Donald de Boisblanc (attorney) - Accident of Reggie Acy McDermott - Deposed 12/94
- James T. Catlow (attorney) - Califano vs. Sea-Land Services - Deposed 4/24/95 - Testified 2/13/96
- Ashton R. O'Dwyer, Jr. (attorney) -M/V Kavo Kaliakra - collision with ARTCO Fleet - deposed 7/17/95 - Testified 11/30/95
- James P. Lambert (attorney) - Dean A. Strand vs. Global Divers & Contractors - Deposed 8/2/95
- Richard Mere (attorney) - James Craig vs. Hornbeck Offshore Corporation - Deposed 10/17/95, Testified 11/27-28/95
- Melvin Eiden (attorney) - Yvette Cullen vs. McGee's Landing - Deposed 12/95
- John W. McLuskey (attorney) - S. Paul White vs. Mercury Marine - Deposed 2/16/96
- Frank Spagnoletti (attorney) - Gregory L. Barnes vs. Dual Drilling - Deposed 2/21/96
- Ashton R. O'Dwyer, Jr. (attorney) - M/V ESENTEPE II - Attended court settlement on 3/29/96
- Lawrence N. Curtis (attorney) - John Dale Marks vs. T. L. James & Co., Inc. - Deposed 5/31/96
- Jeffrey A. Mitchell (attorney) - Edwin Burley vs. Cal Dive Int'l - Deposed 7/19/96 - Attended trial 10/21/96
- Frank Spagnoletti (attorney) - Randy Cole vs. Tidewater - Deposed 8/6/96
- Ms. Surama Suarez (attorney) - Roxy Roberson vs. Norwegian Cruise Lines - Deposed 1/22/97
- Frank Spagnoletti (attorney) - M/V Salvador Allende - Deposed 2/3/97
- Lawrence N. Curtis (attorney) - Troy Salone vs. Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Co. - Deposed 8/1/97
- Estelle Mahoney (attorney) - Errol Kiger vs. Doucet & Adams, Inc. - Deposed 10/97
- Lawrence N. Curtis (attorney) - Orese J. Fontenot, Sr., vs. Cliffs Drilling Co., et al - Deposed 7/21/98
- Harold Zahner (attorney) - Drillship "SEACREST" - Attended arbitration on 6/7/99 in Singapore
- Kenneth DeJean (attorney) -Murphy Crochet, Jr., et al vs. Double Eagle Marine Inc., et al - Deposed 10/19/99
- Kenneth DeJean (attorney) - Clayton White vs. Delta Seaboard Well Service - Deposed 11/8/99
- Lawrence N. Curtis (attorney) - Lincoln Lee Gibson vs. The Gray Insurance Co. - Deposed 12/21/99
- Rex A. Jemison (attorney) / Samuel Harding (attorney) - Robin Lewis vs. Sea Ray - Deposed 3/9-10-11/00
- Donald F. de Boisblanc (attorney) - Isaac Lewis vs. State of Louisiana, Dept. of Transportation - Testified in court on 5/3/00
- Stanley B. Gruber (attorney) - Derek Singleton-Stone vs. Liebherr Container Cranes - Deposed 8/29/00 and 9/27/00
- Lawrence N. Curtis (attorney) - Russell J. Etienne vs. ENSCO Marine Co., et al - Deposed 11/21/00
- Charles Alagood, G. Ray Bratton, Winslow Drummon, R. Layne Holley, Kenneth Mascagni, Norwood Phillips (attorneys) - Various parties vs. The U.S.A., et al - Testified May 25, 2001
- L. Edward McClellan, Jr. (attorney) - Jane Richardson vs. Bombardier - Testified June 21, 2001
- Lawrence N. Curtis (attorney) - Jimmy Legrand vs. T. L. James & Co. - Testified August 29, 2001
- Juliette Ferguson (attorney) - Karen Austin vs. Spirit Cruisers, Inc. - Testified August 31, 2001
- Lawrence N. Curtis (attorney) - Vernon Moody vs. CNG Producing Co. - Testified September 27, 2001
- Charles R. Talley (attorney) - Jeffrey J. Lott vs. Greystar Corp., Inc. - Testified November 7, 2001
- Lawrence N. Curtis (attorney) - Brian Smith vs. Global Marine Drilling Co. - Testified February 26, 2002
- Donald F. de Boisblanc (attorney) - Owen Scott Anderson vs. Magnolia Marine Transport Co., et al - Testified January 28, 2003
- Samuel David Abraham (attorney) - Larry J. Viator, Sr. vs. Dauterive Contractors - Testified June 3, 2003
- Edgar F. Barnett, Reich Chandler, Rex Townsley (attorneys) - M/V Thoroughbred - Testified July 24, 2003
- Matthew Valcourt (attorney) - Nigeria National Petroleum Corp. vs. S/V Seabulk Merlin - Testified by deposition January 12 & 13, 2005 and in court March 2, 2005.
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