Lila "Lisette" Kohn Gale, a 65 year old Highland Park, Illinois resident has filed a federal lawsuit against Holland America Cruise Line, claiming negligence and incompetence on the part of the cruise line. Gales was traveling from Fort Lauderdale to the Panama Canal in March of 2018 when she lost...
Author: John Kennerty
Favorable Verdict Reached in Trip and Fall Injury Claim Aboard Bimini SuperFast
Attorneys Andrew Waks and Jennifer Thompson obtained a favorable verdict for a 61 year old Michigan woman who tripped and fell over a threshold in a ship's doorway while on a 2 day cruise to Bimini. Because of the fall, the passenger fractured her wrist and had to undergo surgery...
Head Injury on Carnival Ecstasy Leads to Coast Guard Rescue
On Sunday, January 27, an 80 year old woman was medevac'd from the Carnival Ecstasy cruise ship as it was 55 miles East of Savannah Georgia. According to the Savannah Morning News, "a passenger had suffered a head injury after falling and was in need of medical attention." Watchstanders at...
Video of Young, Male Passenger Jumping Off Cruise Ship Making Rounds on Internet
Cruise Ship Life and other outlets are reporting that a passenger jumped from the Royal Caribbean Symphony of the Seas ship as the vessel was in the Nassau, Bahamas port.
Malfunctioning Fin Stabilizers Allegedly Cause Cruise Ship to Tilt, Injuring Passengers
A federal lawsuit was filed against Carnival Cruise Line as three passengers claim they were injured when the Carnival Sunshine tilted for 60 seconds as it was leaving Port Canaveral in October 2018. The tilting action caused passengers, furniture and other items not bolted down to fall to the floor....
Celebrity Solstice Narrowly Misses Running Over 4 People in Small Boat
The New Zealand Herald reports that the Celebrity Solstice avoid a small inflatable boat that was carrying four passengers. The cruise ship came slow close that one cruise passenger described the near miss by saying, "they could almost touch the ship." The incident occurred in the Tauranga Harbour on December...
16 Year Old Boy Dies From Fall on Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas
Multiple news outlets report that, a 16 year old boy fell to his death while trying to access his eighth floor stateroom from the balcony of an adjacent room. The accident occurred Jan. 11 aboard Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas. Reports say Laurent Mercer, the victim, did not have...
Hundreds of Passengers Contract Norovirus on Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas
While the number varies depending on which news article you read, hundreds of passengers were apparently stricken with the norovirus bug, making their vacation aboard Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas a "not-enjoyable" trip. ABC News reported, Guest and crew members began getting sick when the ship departed the Port...
Alcohol Use by Captain of Nippon Maru Results in Suspension
Per the Pacific Daily News, "The captain of the Nippon Maru cruise was suspended due to reported alcohol use on the job, according to ship officials. The Nippon Maru cruise ship collided with Delta Pier on Dec. 30 causing damage to both the vessel and pier. The ship may leave...
Arkansas Man Removed From Carnival Cruise in Mexico When Acute Appendicitis Requires Surgery
According to a January 9 article on Fox16.com in Little Rock, Arkansas a carnival cruise ship passenger was removed from the ship after the ship's doctor said he had acute appendicitis and that it would require surgery – a procedure not able to be done on the vessel. The passenger,...