Discovery Channel’s hit reality TV series, Deadliest Catch, continues with season 19 in 2023 — and there are new legal issues that are just coming to light. Nick Mavar Jr., a former cast member and boat owner, sued current cast member Sig Hansen for alleged negligent medical care during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Here’s what happened with the Deadliest Catch lawsuit and why Hansen then sued the production company in response.
‘Deadliest Catch’ star Nick Mavar Jr. sued Sig Hansen over medical care in lawsuit
Deadliest Catch cast member Nick Mavar Jr. has a bone to pick with F/V Northwestern owner Sig Hansen. Mavar reportedly sued Northwestern’s owners — Hansen and his wife, June — in December 2022 for “failure to have an adequate plan in place” regarding attaining medical care during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the personal injury lawsuit, he experienced a “delay in competent and adequate examination, testing, and diagnosis,” which led to a “ruptured appendix while in the service of the vessel.” Doctors also found a cancerous tumor. Mavar reportedly worked on the Northwestern from December 2020 to January 2021.
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