Cruise Ship
Children of Cruise Ship Falling Death Victim Speak Out
The family of the U.S. woman who died aboard a cruise ship last week is speaking out. The victim, identified as 52-year-old Almarosa Tenorio, died aboard the Royal Princess cruise ship last week when she fell from the upper deck of the ship and struck a life boat in the ship’s lower region. Speaking to…
Read MoreRoyal Caribbean Navigator of the Seas Took On Water During Maritime Emergency
Newsweek reports that a Royal Caribbean cruise ship was damaged over the weekend, resulting in the ship taking on water while at sea. The report says that while the Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Seas was sailing in the vicinity of Spain, one of the ship’s stabilizers broke. This produced a hole in the hull…
Read More$4.6 Million Award After Cruise Ship Medical Malpractice Leads to Arm Amputation
A former cruise ship crew member was awarded $4.6 million in compensation this week after it was found that negligent medical treatment by the onboard infirmary resulted in the amputation of his arm. News.com.au reports that Ilija Loncar was employed on the Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship when he started to experience flu-like symptoms. He…
Read MoreFollow Up to Yesterday’s Post About Great Stirrup Cay Drownings
As a follow up to yesterday’s cruise ship injury post relating to the two recent drownings on Great Stirrup Cay, we wanted to bring you into the discussion in the comments section on ewnews.com’s write up on the incident. Many people chimed in to give their takes on the drowning of the Chinese woman in…
Read MoreTwo Drownings Reported on Great Stirrup Cay in Just a Week’s Time
There has been a surprising rash of drownings on Norwegian Cruise Line owned Great Stirrup Cay recently, and its time the authorities take notice. The most recent report of drowning was reported on July 6th by the Bahamas Press. The website says that the drowning had occurred on July 3rd and involved an adult male.…
Read MoreWhen Negligence Leads to Cruise Ship Injury and Death
In recent months there have been a number of high profile cruise ship excursion related tragedies. In December the deadliest of these events occurred when 12 passengers were killed in Mexico while on excursion from their cruise ships. Then earlier this year, also in Mexico, a boat carrying cruise goers on excursion sank. Earlier this…
Read MoreCruise Captain Charged in Death of Passenger Killed by Propellers
A yacht captain has been charged in the death of one of his passengers. Last month we reported on a story in which a man was mortally wounded after being struck by the propellers of a yacht on which he was a passenger. Initial reports indicated that the victim had fallen from the vessel, but…
Read MoreBritish Tourist Dies after Being Medically Evacuated from Cruise Ship in Brazil
A British woman was pronounced dead after being medically evacuated from a cruise ship earlier this week, and now staff members at the medical facility where she was treated are speaking out. The online newspaper The Sun is reporting that the 66-year-old victim was evacuated from the cruise ship Marco Polo during a cruise in…
Read MoreLawsuit Alleges Negligence after Teen Raped on Carnival Breeze Cruise Ship
A lawsuit was recently filed against Carnival Cruise Lines, on behalf of a girl who was 15 years old when she traveled with the company. The suit alleges that the plaintiff was raped and sexually assaulted by a group of men aboard a Carnival cruise ship in October 2015. The suit claims that Carnival was…
Read MoreAmerican Cruise Passenger Killed on Shore Excursion in Belize
In Belize on Tuesday, two American Tourists, Theresa Lyn Meyers and Samuel Douglas Schulte left their cruise ship which had docked in Belize, for a day trip tour of Jaguar Paw. They were travelling along George Price Highway shortly before noon, in a small blue SUV being driven by their tour guide, Leon Garcia of…
Read MoreMore Passengers Falling Ill with Chest Infections on Cruise Ships
Christine Gould and her partner, Stephen Gray, both from England, went on a two week long Christmas and New Year cruise on the Thomson Celebration cruise ship around the Caribbean. While on board, both of them began to suffer from problems breathing, as well as a cough. This led to them having to be placed…
Read MoreCosta Concordia Captain found Guilty
The Captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, 54 year old Francesco Schettino, has been found guilty of causing the deaths of 32 people when he guided the ship onto rocks in January 2012 off the Italian island of Giglio in Tuscany. Schettino was facing multiple charges of manslaughter, causing the shipwreck and abandoning ship…
Read MoreRegulation of Casinos Onboard Cruise Ships Leaves a Lot to be Desired
Land based casinos are regulated to ensure that the slot machines are both random and honest, however the situation is not the same aboard cruise ships. On land, the gambling laws are very clear, but at sea it is difficult to work out who exactly sets the laws to monitor the casinos and who enforces…
Read MoreHIV-Positive Personal Trainer Suing Cruise Line and Contractor for Discrimination
Daniel Dowd, a would-be employee for one of Norwegian Cruise Line’s major contractors, has been fired from a job on board one of the line’s ships before he even started working for them. Dowd was diagnosed with HIV fifteen years ago and recently applied for a job with a spa company to work as a…
Read More$2.9 million Award in Carnival Cruise “Slip and Fall” Case
From time to time the media picks up a story about someone suing a large company for a “slip and fall” or other negligence on the company’s part – and you may wonder “Why was the victim awarded so much money?” Often times there is more to the story than the headline would suggest. About…
Read MoreTwelve Year-old Girl Raped Onboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship
Jane Doe V. Royal Caribbean Cruise Line The following is a description of a personal injury case we have filed. This is a case involving a personal injury aboard the Mariner of the Seas, a cruise ship owned by Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. Royal Caribbean Cruise Line in its literature and advertisements represents directly or…
Read MoreCruise Line Passengers Falling in Drained Swimming Pools at Night
We have been involved in litigation against Carnival Cruise Lines, and other cruise lines, in regard to swimming pool accidents. Specifically, the cruise lines drain the swimming pools every night. When they drain the pools they fix a net over the pool, but the netting is not designed to hold the weight of a person.…
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