One of the most common and stressful concerns injured cruise ship passengers have when suing a cruise line is disclosing potentially prejudicial or embarrassing personal information. This fear can often lead a claimant to conceal information in a case, thinking that...
I have investigated and successfully prosecuted cruise ship accident claims against Carnival and other major cruise lines since 1991. By far the most tragic and arguably preventable incidents our Miami cruise ship injury lawyers have seen that have occurred aboard...
Assaulted on a Cruise Ship Can a cruise line be legally responsible for an injury that occurs when one passenger attacks another? As crazy as it seems, the same kinds of brawls that occur in bars across the world can also happen on cruise ships. Passengers who simply...
People injured on a cruise ship from slipping, tripping, or falling should consider whether the ship’s movement played a role in the incident. Often large cruise ships on strict itineraries plow through high winds and rough seas to deliver passengers to ports on time,...
The most common case-killing legal defense utilized by cruise lines and the lawyers who defend them is the motion for summary judgment. That legal maneuver is designed to derail the claims of injured passengers by ensuring that their cases never get to a jury. I was...
According to the United States Coast Guard, approximately 200 overnight ocean-going cruise ships are currently circumnavigating the world, with an average of 2,000 passengers with a crew of 950. By next year, the number of passengers is expected to exceed...
Severe Injuries–such as fractures or broken bones–can quickly disrupt the vacations of cruise ship passengers and quite possibly affect their quality of life forever. What many cruise ship passengers fail to realize is just how common severe injuries on...
Since 1991, our cruise ship accident lawyers have investigated thousands of passenger injury incidents aboard cruise ships. The types of injuries include food poisoning, sexual assaults by fellow passengers and by crew members, slips, trips, and falls, and even...
People around the world were understandably horrified by the pictures of an elevator gushing blood aboard the 2,056-passenger cruise ship the Carnival Ecstasy last week. Our cruise ship injury law firm in Miami received a number of inquiries from people wondering what...
Passengers cruising to Belize with the Port of Belize City on their itineraries may be surprised to learn that to get from their ship to shore will require a ride in a small shuttle boat called a tender. Ships typically anchor about five miles from port, and...
