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According to KATU.com in Oregon, "A 77-year-old woman was medically evacuated from a cruise ship in Oregon waters after suffering a stroke. The U.S. Coast Guard said a crew airlifted the woman from the Grand Princess cruise ship Saturday morning about 55 miles southwest of Newport, Oregon." The incident occurred...
Earlier this month, Eric Newman of Topeka, Kansas was indicted for the second degree murder of his wife, Tamara Tucker. According to the Kansas City Star, the indictment said Newman was traveling with Tucker on board a cruise ship called the Carnival Elation on Jan. 19. Court records didn’t specify...
According to the Coast Guard website, the Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod aircrew medevaced a 78-year-old man Saturday (Sept. 22) from the cruise ship Norwegian Escape after he suffered a possible stroke 40 nautical miles south of Nantucket. The crew of the Norwegian Cruise Ship notified Coast Guard watchstanders...
A news release from the U.S. Coast Guard stated a woman was medevaced from a Holland America cruise ship near Ketchikan, Alaska on Thursday (Sept. 13th). According to the statement, A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Ketchikan medevaced the 71-year-old passenger displaying stroke symptoms and brought her...
Can you sue Royal Caribbean for a concussion or severe head injury that occurred while you were a passenger aboard their ship? Well...it depends. Filing an injury claim against Royal Caribbean or suing the cruise line will depend on a number of factors, all of which would be discussed with...
The Orlando Sentinel reports that, "Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Escape docked in Port Canaveral with more than 4,000 people Tuesday morning after the cruise line was forced to redirect the ship away from an itinerary that took it to Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean." Read the entire article here: Cruise...
CentralMaine.com reports that, "a cruise ship originally bound for Bermuda briefly docked in Portland to avoid the oncoming Hurricane Florence, and more could arrive this week. The Oceania cruise ship Insignia made the unplanned stop Monday to steer clear of Florence, which is barreling toward the Carolinas and is expected...
Perhaps passengers are becoming more aware of their rights? Perhaps they're scared of making a bad decision? Perhaps they've read too many stories on CNN or on social media about people falling off cruise ships and having to be rescued or a woman falling from a balcony and dying. Whatever...
Slip and fall type accidents on cruise ships are relatively commonplace. Slippery decks, rolling waves and crowded hallways can make it difficult to move around – especially for older passengers whose mobility is already declining or impaired. Where a younger person may have avoided the slick, slippery spot in a...
Hurricane Florence, roiling about in the Atlantic Ocean, in now throwing wind and high waves at cruise ship passengers' vacation plans – itineraries for cruise ships leaving and going to ports along the East Coast are subject to changes. USA Today reports, "More than 4,000 vacationers on Norwegian Cruise Line's...