Zielinski's hand was injured, he had an excellent recovery, and he is currently working fulltime as a union sheet metal worker making approximately $50 per hour." I wanted to make sure that Dave's medical expenses would be covered, and I thought that by stating that Dave was injured in traditional fishing activities we could make it more likely that our insurance would cover Dave's injury." "Mr. I made this suggestion because I wanted to help Dave. "I suggested that perhaps we … could claim that Dave was injured by a crab pot or the pot launcher crushing his arm, instead of saying that a firework exploded in his hand. Johnathan's sworn statement reveals his motivation for making this suggestion to Zielinski was only to help the deckhand. Johnathan was talked out of this by his brother, Andy Hillstrand. In addition, when the accident occurred, Captain Johnathan tried to convince the injured crabber to claim that this incident was from fishing, not from fireworks. Captain Hillstrand's admitted conduct was a gross dereliction of duty." "Whether that failure was because he in fact wanted the fireworks to be discharged off the bow of his vessel at Cape Caution, or because he was so completely and utterly preoccupied … monitoring and relaying the fourth quarter plays of the Seattle Seahawks versus Atlanta Falcons football game does not matter. The lawyers for Zielinski claim that the captain was negligent in this situation, and pointed out that Captain Andy asked Beaver to shoot off the firecracker at the other boat. He was watching a NFL playoff game featuring his hometown team, the Seattle Seahawks. Although he went through many reconstructive surgeries to regain the use of his hand, Beaver had to end his long career as a crab fisherman.Ĭaptain Andy Hillstrand was commandeering the boat, yet, he admitted to the court that he was preoccupied at the time of the incident.
The injury was quite severe, as it shattered the crabber's right hand and forearm. Seattle PI reports that in 2013, David "Beaver" Zielinski was back to work on the F/V Time Bandit, when a Time Bandit-brand firecracker "exploded in the launcher he was holding." He was aiming the firecracker at the F/V Cape Caution, Wild Bill's boat at the time. His ultimate goal is to retire and live on a yacht in warmer water.A Deadliest Catch deckhand was awarded $1.4 million in a lawsuit agains the F/V Time Bandit, when his hand was seriously injured, during the filming of the popular Discovery Channel show.
He has withdrawn himself from the deadliest adventure of crab-fishing on the snow-cold water of the Bering Sea. He founded the Hillstrand Construction company after retiring. He is currently living somewhere near Seattle-Tacoma. The captain has no plans to return to the Time Bandit and decided to prioritize his life now. He got back to his crab fisherman duties after recovering from the back surgery and continued the show.Īndy announced that he has retired from the show in 2020 and will not return to the limelight.Īccording to Distractify, Andy was in conflict with the producers of the show regarding schedule and brand ideologies which led him to leave the show. Andy Hillstrand has left his captain duties on The FV Time Bandit after appearing in more than ten seasons.Īndy Hillstrand is enjoying his time with his family after being away from the media.( Source : Republicworld )ĭuring the 2017 season, he had to be sidelined from construction work because of his surgery.
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