Royal Caribbean has announced a new passenger safety program this week. The new program, titled Muster 2.0, will replace the traditional safety drills conducted by the cruise line. This change has been influenced by the desire to move away from a large group approach for safety training. In traditional safety drills, passengers would be required [...]
Many cruise companies, including Miami-based Carnival Corporation, are planning for the future, and preparing for trips to complete the year. These plans could all come to halt after 10 crew members on German-based ships belonging to Carnival test positive for COVID-19. The ships are AIDA-brand cruise ships, which are owned by Carnival Corp. The crew [...]
MIAMI – (June 19, 2020) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has reinstated a jury verdict for a Royal Caribbean cruise ship passenger, represented by Aronfeld Trial Lawyers. On appeal, it was determined that the district court erred in its decision to overturn the jury verdict in the case (Edgardo Lebron vs. [...]
The coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis upended vacation plans for thousands of passengers this cruise Line season following a no-sail order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in March. That order was set to expire on July 24, but after an announcement made on Friday by the Cruise Lines International Association, U.S. cruise [...]
What Happens When There Is Medical Malpractice on a Cruise Ship? No one goes on a cruise ship expecting to sustain a serious injury or illness. But passengers who require medical treatment on their cruise expect that the care they receive will be delivered according to the highest standard. Many passengers assume they will have [...]
The cruise ship owned by Prairie Grand, LLC, a company founded by famed radio personality, Garrison Keillor, has been docked and on hold since the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began. The vessel, the Veendam, was set to sail with 1,350 passengers for the Caribbean from Fort Lauderdale on March 18. However, Keillor’s company [...]
