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At Waks and Barnett, P.A. we help injured passengers and crew members explore their legal options after an accident has happened on a cruise vacation. Over the last few years, we've published over 900 blog posts covering just about everything related to cruise ship injury law and the accidents that...
It may seem daunting, but passengers who were injured on a cruise ship can -- and often do -- sue the cruise line in order to be compensated for their injuries. In fact, while it may not seem like something that happens often, it's actually quite commonplace. Passengers who once...
Thousands of cruise ship passengers are hurt on their vacations each year. In fact, at our office in Miami, we receive dozens of calls and emails from hurt passengers each month. For example... -- they fell while cruising with Carnival -- the were injured on a Disney excursion -- their...
It may sound like a simple question -- "why do passengers sue a cruise line" -- but the reality is that filing a lawsuit against a cruise ship company is really only done after careful consideration. Most often, the decision to sue is based on the passenger being hurt, so...
A new website we found (new to us at least) is called CruiseMinus. You can find the website here. We've not validated all of the information on the website, but it seems to reflect past and current cruise ship accident news. From their website... "CruiseMinus reports major cruise ship accidents, latest...
Per a news report from WITN News in North Carolina, a female passengers was evacuated from the Grandeur of the Seas, a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. From the report... The U.S. Coast Guard says they got the call around 8:40 a.m. that the 76-year-old woman was having abdominal pains while...
News reports show a mail passenger being evacuated from a Royal Caribbean ship, Harmony of the Seas, in late December. According to Vertical... A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew recently rescued a 91-year-old man from the world’s largest cruise ship. Royal Caribbean International’s Harmony of the Seas, an Oasis-class cruise...
At Waks and Barnett, P.A. we represent people who were hurt on cruise ships. With over 20 millions passengers and crew members traveling aboard ships around the world each year, it's inevitable that accident happen -- and injuries occur. Sometimes these injuries are caused by accidents that were completely avoidable...
Our law firm recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of a client. The lawsuit against Carnival Cruise line alleges injuries were suffered after our client tripped on frayed carpet while vacationing aboard the Carnival Imagination. Lawsuits of this nature -- slips and fall accidents -- occur with frequency. Passengers trip...
A Nov. 25 report in the Florida Record tells of a disabled passenger suing Carnival Cruise Line. In the lawsuit filed by attorneys John Billera of Billera Law in Boca Raton and by Joseph Madalon of The Madalon Law Firm in Fort Lauderdale, the passenger alleges that negligence led to her...