The following is a description of a personal injury case we have filed. This is a case involving a personal injury aboard the Adventure of the Seas, a cruise ship owned by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.

Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines allowed a metal flange with a sharp edge to overhang a step down to the dance floor in the Jesters Nightclub onboard the Adventure of the Seas. The flange overhung the dance floor step. The bottom of the flange or vertical surface of this metal flange was razor sharp. Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines allowed this negligent condition apparently to exist for quite some time.

When Ms. Morgan stepped down from the seating area in the lounge to the dance floor, she stepped forward with her right foot and her left foot rose up and caught underneath the overhang of the step above. The back of Ms. Morgan’s heel was sliced by the razor sharp metal flange. As a result of this accident, Ms. Morgan has suffered and will continue to suffer severe, debilitating, and permanent injuries.

We are fighting… for the safety and security of you and your family. Making cruise lines, other commercial facilities, and products safer and more secure, one case at a time.

Hickey has testified before Congress about safety and security onboard cruise ships and claims against cruise lines. He is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Lawyer by The Florida Bar and by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a Past President of the Dade County Bar Association. He currently serves on the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar. Hickey has been named by his peers as a “SUPERLAWYER” in the Superlawyer.com publication (the top 5% of all lawyers); as a “Top Lawyer in South Florida” in the areas of personal injury and maritime in the South Florida Legal Guide (2004 to present); and as a “Legal Elite” member in Florida Trend Magazine (2006) (top 1.7% of all lawyers). He is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders in America. Hickey is rated A/V by Martindale Hubbell, the international directory of lawyers, a rating achieved by only 5% of all attorneys. CONTACT US AND SEE OUR RESULTS AT: www.hickeylawfirm.com and CALL US TOLL FREE AT 1.800.215.7117.

The following is a description of a personal injury case we have filed. This is a case involving a personal injury aboard the Costa Fortuna, a cruise ship owned by Costa Cruise Lines, Inc.

Costa Cruise Lines provided, maintained, and had responsibility for the repair and good order of its decks and ice machine on its decks including the Lido Deck of the Costa Fortuna. That ice machine apparently was broken and spitting ice cubes across the deck. It is not required that Ms. Muhammad show that the cruise line had knowledge of the disrepair and malfunction of its own ice machine.

However, the cruise line either knew or should have known that the ice machine was broken because someone apparently from the cruise line had placed the ice machine’s own customized cover over the ice machine in a half hearted attempt to repair the machine. Further, ice which the machine had spit onto the deck had melted. Thus, the ice had been on the deck for more than a sufficient period of time such that the cruise line should have known of this condition. Yet, the cruise line neglected to cordon or rope off the area in the vicinity of the ice machine, failed to repair the ice machine, failed to properly cover and close the ice machine, failed repair the ice machine, and failed to put up signs in the immediate area where passengers including Ms. Muhammad would be expected to walk so as to warn of the dangerous condition. Ms. Muhammad was walking through the area, an area in which she was allowed to walk. When she walked through the area, as a result of the cruise line’s negligence, Ms. Muhammad slipped and fell on water which was melted ice. This accident caused serious, permanent, and debilitating injuries to Ms. Muhammad.

We are fighting… for the safety and security of you and your family. Making cruise lines, other commercial facilities, and products safer and more secure, one case at a time.

Hickey has testified before Congress about safety and security onboard cruise ships and claims against cruise lines. He is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Lawyer by The Florida Bar and by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a Past President of the Dade County Bar Association. He currently serves on the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar. Hickey has been named by his peers as a “SUPERLAWYER” in the Superlawyer.com publication (the top 5% of all lawyers); as a “Top Lawyer in South Florida” in the areas of personal injury and maritime in the South Florida Legal Guide (2004 to present); and as a “Legal Elite” member in Florida Trend Magazine (2006) (top 1.7% of all lawyers). He is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders in America. Hickey is rated A/V by Martindale Hubbell, the international directory of lawyers, a rating achieved by only 5% of all attorneys. CONTACT US AND SEE OUR RESULTS AT: www.hickeylawfirm.com and CALL US TOLL FREE AT 1.800.215.7117.

The following is a description of a personal injury case we have filed recently. This is a case involving a personal injury aboard the Carnival Imagination, a cruise ship owned by Carnival Cruise Line, Inc.

On July 10, 2008, Carnival Corporation through its employees on the Carnival Imagination chose to wet mop an area of the Lido Deck Grill directly behind where one of its passengers, Mrs. Coggins was standing. The personnel mopping the floor failed to wait until Mrs. Coggins was not in the area, failed to advise her of the fact that there was a wet mopping in the area behind her, and failed to post warning signs about the wet mopping, and take other precautions that would prevent an accident.

After Mrs. Coggins received her food at the grill, she turned around to walk back to her table, walked across the freshly mopped floor, slipped, fell, and suffered severe and permanent injuries including injuries to her arm. Mrs. Coggins reported the accident on the day that it happened. In fact, she was treated onboard the ship and subsequently treated in Key West, Florida. After that, she returned home to South Carolina where surgery was performed on July 29th, 2008 at which time a T shaped metal plate and screws were placed in her arm. The arm was then recast.

We are fighting… for the safety and security of you and your family. Making cruise lines, other commercial facilities, and products safer and more secure, one case at a time.

Hickey has testified before Congress about safety and security onboard cruise ships and claims against cruise lines. He is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Lawyer by The Florida Bar and by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a Past President of the Dade County Bar Association. He currently serves on the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar. Hickey has been named by his peers as a “SUPERLAWYER” in the Superlawyer.com publication (the top 5% of all lawyers); as a “Top Lawyer in South Florida” in the areas of personal injury and maritime in the South Florida Legal Guide (2004 to present); and as a “Legal Elite” member in Florida Trend Magazine (2006) (top 1.7% of all lawyers). He is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders in America. Hickey is rated A/V by Martindale Hubbell, the international directory of lawyers, a rating achieved by only 5% of all attorneys. CONTACT US AND SEE OUR RESULTS AT: www.hickeylawfirm.com and CALL US TOLL FREE AT 1.800.215.7117.

The following is a description of a personal injury case we have filed recently. This is a case involving a personal injury aboard the Carnival Conquest, a cruise ship owned by Carnival Cruise Line, Inc.

Carnival Cruise Line in its literature and advertisements represents directly or indirectly that it provides a fun, safe, and secure experience, and through its senior representative, have represented to the press in public, and to the United States Congress that cruising is a safe and secure experience or that cruising is at least as safe and secure as being on land. Further, in an effort to save its public image and profits rather than the safety and security of its passengers, the cruise line under-reports incidents to U.S. authorities, the press, and the public. These representations are false. They cause the American public- including Mr. Chapman to choose this cruise line and when onboard to let down their guard as to the dangerous tendencies of other passengers, and to rely on the security personnel on the ship.

The cruise invites 2000 to 3000 passengers and over 1000 crew on to an enclosed living and partying situation. This cruise line encourages drinking to excess on its ships. This cruise line knows that there is a high rate of crime on its ships and that there is drunkenness and fighting on its ships. Yet, the cruise line fails to provide for the safety and security of its passengers during its cruises. This failure of safety and security results in fights and personal injuries to its passengers.

Carnival Cruise Line has an obligation, that is, a duty to act reasonably under the circumstances to provide adequate security to its passengers. Pursuant to that duty, Carnival screened some, but apparently not all, of the luggage which goes on board its ships. Carnival should screen all of its luggage for weapons. On the subject voyage in April 2008, Carnival failed to screen properly luggage for weapons including, in this case, a telescopic metal police baton carried on board by a passenger. Carnival also failed to take steps to prevent this foreseeable and preventable incident. In the wee hours of April 7, 2008, the passenger who carried that telescopic baton used that baton on board the ship to attack several passengers including Mr. Chapman. That attack was to the head and other parts of the body of Mr. Chapman causing serious, debilitating, and permanent injuries.

We are fighting… for the safety and security of you and your family. Making cruise lines, other commercial facilities, and products safer and more secure, one case at a time.

Hickey has testified before Congress about safety and security onboard cruise ships and claims against cruise lines. He is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Lawyer by The Florida Bar and by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a Past President of the Dade County Bar Association. He currently serves on the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar. Hickey has been named by his peers as a “SUPERLAWYER” in the Superlawyer.com publication (the top 5% of all lawyers); as a “Top Lawyer in South Florida” in the areas of personal injury and maritime in the South Florida Legal Guide (2004 to present); and as a “Legal Elite” member in Florida Trend Magazine (2006) (top 1.7% of all lawyers). He is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders in America. Hickey is rated A/V by Martindale Hubbell, the international directory of lawyers, a rating achieved by only 5% of all attorneys. CONTACT US AND SEE OUR RESULTS AT: www.hickeylawfirm.com and CALL US TOLL FREE AT 1.800.215.7117.

The following is a description of a personal injury case we have filed recently. This is a case involving a personal injury aboard the Norwegian Jewel, a cruise ship owned by Norwegian Cruise Line, Inc.

The cruise line negligently maintained its theatre and dance floor on the subject ship. The cruise line on this ship encouraged its more than 2000 passengers to drink to excess. The cruise line also allowed passengers to bring drinks onto the dance floor in the Spinnaker Lounge, and failed to monitor or supervise any of the activities of the passengers in the lounge or on the darkened dance floor, and failed to monitor and keep clean the darkened dance floor.

To make matters worse, the cruise line completely failed to clean up the alcoholic drinks which were spilled on the darkened dance floor. Those drinks have, among other things, fruit juices, sodas with sugars, hard liquor, wine, and beer. Despite the complaints and advice of passengers to the cruise line before this accident that the dance floor had drinks spilled on it and needed cleaning, the cruise line failed to clean the dance floor. Yet, the cruise line provided a dance club with low, dark lighting in general and altered lighting on the dance floor which further hid any spills on the floor, and which makes the importance of keeping the dance floor clean by enforcing rules and by cleaning the floor even more important. As a result of these negligent practices, the dance floor in the Spinnaker Lounge had spilled drinks and Mrs. Esguerra’s right foot on the dance floor slipped and fell causing serious, debilitating, and permanent injuries. Mrs. Esguerra underwent surgery on her right (dominant) wrist with insertion of a plate and seven screws and may have to undergo surgery in the future.

We are fighting… for the safety and security of you and your family. Making cruise lines, other commercial facilities, and products safer and more secure, one case at a time.

Hickey has testified before Congress about safety and security onboard cruise ships and claims against cruise lines. He is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Lawyer by The Florida Bar and by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a Past President of the Dade County Bar Association. He currently serves on the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar. Hickey has been named by his peers as a “SUPERLAWYER” in the Superlawyer.com publication (the top 5% of all lawyers); as a “Top Lawyer in South Florida” in the areas of personal injury and maritime in the South Florida Legal Guide (2004 to present); and as a “Legal Elite” member in Florida Trend Magazine (2006) (top 1.7% of all lawyers). He is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders in America. Hickey is rated A/V by Martindale Hubbell, the international directory of lawyers, a rating achieved by only 5% of all attorneys. CONTACT US AND SEE OUR RESULTS AT: www.hickeylawfirm.com and CALL US TOLL FREE AT 1.800.215.7117.

The following is a description of a personal injury case we have filed recently. This is a case involving a personal injury aboard the Celebrity Constellation, a cruise ship owned by Celebrity Cruise Lines, Inc.

Celebrity Cruise Lines designed or participated in the design and in any event provided to the public a pool area including an unexpected ledge or step located between the pool and the hot tub on the pool deck. Celebrity Cruise Lines has had this unexpected step in place for an extended period of time before this accident. On this cruise alone numerous people tripped over this step or ledge. To make matters worse, this step or ledge is located within a few feet of steps allowing exit from the pool. Thus, when anyone of the many, many passengers who tripped or stumbled on the unexpected step or ledge while walking in the direction of the pool steps would also fall onto and injure themselves on the steps exiting the pool.

On March 22, 2008, the unexpected step or ledge caused not only many passengers to trip or stumble but also caused Mrs. Samra to trip and stumble. After Mrs. Samra tripped or stumbled as a result of the unexpected step or ledge, she fell onto the tile and steps causing severe, permanent, and debilitating injuries, which include but are not limited to injuries of the left knee, face, arm, and chest.

We are fighting… for the safety and security of you and your family. Making cruise lines, other commercial facilities, and products safer and more secure, one case at a time.

Hickey has testified before Congress about safety and security onboard cruise ships and claims against cruise lines. He is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Lawyer by The Florida Bar and by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a Past President of the Dade County Bar Association. He currently serves on the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar. Hickey has been named by his peers as a “SUPERLAWYER” in the Superlawyer.com publication (the top 5% of all lawyers); as a “Top Lawyer in South Florida” in the areas of personal injury and maritime in the South Florida Legal Guide (2004 to present); and as a “Legal Elite” member in Florida Trend Magazine (2006) (top 1.7% of all lawyers). He is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders in America. Hickey is rated A/V by Martindale Hubbell, the international directory of lawyers, a rating achieved by only 5% of all attorneys. CONTACT US AND SEE OUR RESULTS AT: www.hickeylawfirm.com and CALL US TOLL FREE AT 1.800.215.7117.