http://hickeylawfirm.com.einsteindevelopment.com/blog Maritime Trial Lawyer and Personal Injury Attorney Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:56:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Honduras is not only a country currently in political turmoil; it is also a major cruise ship destination. However, even with the recent military exile of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, Carnival Cruise Lines has not changed their scheduled stops in ports near Honduras. One of the main destinations in Honduras for ... http://hickeylawfirm.com.einsteindevelopment.com/blog/honduran-coup-will-not-interrupt-cruise-travel/ On Monday, June 29, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed that a sample of refrigerated Nestle Toll House cookie dough contained E. Coli bacteria. The concern of E. Coli bacteria in the cookie dough was first announced on June 19, 2009. At that time, the U.S. Centers for ... http://hickeylawfirm.com.einsteindevelopment.com/blog/presence-of-e-coli-in-nestle-toll-house-cookie-dough-confirmed/ Carnival Cruise Line passenger Michelle Vilborg disappeared from the Carnival Holiday around midnight on June 16, 2009. The five day cruise to the Yucatan Peninsula ended after only the first night for Michelle Vilborg who supposedly fell overboard. The cruise was intended as a celebration of Michelle’s 50th birthday as ... http://hickeylawfirm.com.einsteindevelopment.com/blog/alabama-woman-missing-from-carnival-cruise/ On February 23, 2009, a bus full of passengers from Celebrity Cruise Lines “Celebrity Summit” crashed in Roseau, Dominica. The passengers were returning to the ship after participating in the “Caribbean Cooking Adventure” shore excursion, in which they joined local culinary experts to learn how to prepare and present traditional ... http://hickeylawfirm.com.einsteindevelopment.com/blog/celebrity-cruise-line-passengers-injured-in-bus-crash/ Woman Fell Overboard and Missing off of Norwegian Cruise Ship This just in from the Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel The Coast Guard on Saturday continued to search for a woman who may have fallen off a Miami-bound cruise ship on Friday while off the coast of Cancun, Mexico. The ... http://hickeylawfirm.com.einsteindevelopment.com/blog/woman-fell-overboard-and-missing-off-of-norwegian-cruise-ship/ A cruise ship carrying 122 people (both passengers and crew) was stranded last Thursday (12/4) on the coast of Antarctica after it struck ice, officials said. The Ushuaia (named for the Argentine port from which it departed) was stricken 186 miles southwest of the Argentine Marambio military base. Mariano ... http://hickeylawfirm.com.einsteindevelopment.com/blog/cruise-ship-strikes-ice-stranded-on-antarctic-coast/ The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) has stated that travel safety has taken on a new meaning during these tough economic times. The organization best known for its icon, McGruff the Crime Dog, says opportunistic thieves may be looking for unprotected homes or pre-occupied travelers during the Thanksgiving holiday. NCPC suggests ... http://hickeylawfirm.com.einsteindevelopment.com/blog/travel-safe-this-thanksgiving/ Have you ever been horrified at the cost of using your mobile phone abroad and the fact that you have to pay to receive calls as well as make them! With a bit of planning you may be able to cut down your mobile phone costs. This blog tells you ... http://hickeylawfirm.com.einsteindevelopment.com/blog/cutting-your-mobile-phone-costs-when-travelling-abroad/ Combination of Fever, Neurological Injury Strongly Linked to Poorer Outcomes Many studies associate fever with poor outcome in patients with neurological injury, but this relationship is blurred by divergence in populations and outcome measures. In the most comprehensive meta-analysis to date, researchers have shown fever is strongly associated with worse outcomes in ... http://hickeylawfirm.com.einsteindevelopment.com/blog/fever-neurological-injury-link/ Government and the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL) signed a US $122-million contract for the development of a new cruise ship terminal on November 7th in Falmouth that promises significant increase in stopover visits to the north coast. "They have guaranteed 400,000 visitors coming into the Falmouth port every year for ... http://hickeylawfirm.com.einsteindevelopment.com/blog/government-royal-caribbean-sign-us122m-falmouth-port-deal/