Rodríguez-Bird, Manolo T.

Mr. Rodríguez-Bird concentrates his practice in admiralty law, maritime personal injury claims, marine cargo claims, marine insurance, and marine natural resource damage claims. Since joining the office in 1990, Mr. Rodríguez-Bird has defended more seamen personal injury matters than any other attorney in Puerto Rico. Mr. Rodríguez-Bird has also represented ship interests in the last four significant natural resource damage claims to coral environment in Puerto Rico. He also has participated in numerous multiparty complex litigation matters involving environmental mass tort and multidistrict antitrust claims, as well as on behalf of insurance interests (General Electric and P&I Associations) in the four largest fire cases in Puerto Rico (Aljoma Lumber Warehouse, Palo Seco Power Plant, Capeco Explosion, and a passenger/cargo ferry mass tort fire action).

Mr. Rodríguez-Bird has also participated in the response and ensuing litigation as consequence of  major ship groundings in Puerto Rico and other Caribbean Islands, including:

VOLCAN DE TENEGUIA, Dominican Republic (1996)

FORTUNA REEFER, Mona Island, PR (1997)

KAPITAN EGOROV, Port of Guayanilla, PR (1998)

AUTHOR, Port of Ponce, PR (1998)

SERGO ZACKARIADZE, Port of San Juan, PR (1999)

KENT RELIANT, Port of San Juan, PR (2003)

SPERCHIOS, Port of Guayanilla, PR (2005)

MARGARA, Port of Guayanilla, PR (2006)

MATTHEW (LNG Tanker), Port of Guayanilla, PR (2009)