Crewmember Question About Salary After Medical Leave

Recently we received an inquiry from a Carnival Cruise crewmember about the salary that was offered to them after a medical leave. Questions like this are sent to our Miami office frequently as crew employees, many of whom do not speak English as a first language, try to understand their...

Medical Question from Cruise Ship Employee

Recently we had an inquiry from a cruise ship worker who had been diagnosed with COPD a chronic lung disease. Their question to our firm was, "should I continue working?" The reality was that with a question like this, more details need to be known. As cruise ship injury attorneys,...

Actual Client Injury: Slipped and Fell on Carnival Cruise

Inquiry received by our law firm in Miami We received an inquiry from a passenger  who was using the outdoor jacuzzi on a Carnival Cruise Ship. Apparently, the crew tried to hurry the passenger out of the tub as they were closing for the evening. "As I was getting out...

Questions About Continuing Treatment and Recovery Issues

Actual website inquiry "I can not see clearly after being given an injection ... Carnival has only given me a 3 month salary after medical leave." While they're were more details that followed, this Carnival cruise line employee (who resided outside of the United States) was questioning their treatment by...

Need To Know If My Case Is Worth Fighting?

Actual website inquiry: Subject: Diagnosed with COPD (from a cruise ship crew member) Message: Need to know if my case is worth fighting... COPD is a chronic lung disease that makes it difficult to breathe. We were contacted by a cruise ship crew member who had been diagnosed with COPD...

Cruise Ship Injury: Bilateral Plantar Fascial Fibromatosis

A few months ago we received an inquiry from a crew member who works aboard a U.S. based cruise line. They were inquiring about health related issues brought on by bilateral plantar fascial fibromatosis and were concerned about their prospects for continuing to work on their cruise ship. According to...

Accident Involving Child on Carnival Liberty

The Houston Chronicle newspaper reports that the Carnival Liberty returned to its port in Galveston on Monday (June 13, 2016) after a child who was injured needed medical attention. Generally, when a cruise ship returns to port because a passenger was injured, it means that 1) the boat was relatively...

Slip and Falls On Cruise Ships Still Most Common Accident, Injury

Accidents happen on cruise ships... It's unfortunate, but there are dozens of ways that passengers can -- and are -- injured while taking a cruise vacation. We've spoken with passengers who were hit in the head with golf balls from driving ranges on cruise ships. We talked to passengers who...

Will Reckless Decisions Sink Royal Caribbean After Storm Cruise?

Can it seriously be argued that Royal Caribbean exercised a "high care" when it sailed 4,500 passengers, including the elderly and children, into a winter storm forecast to bash the ship with hurricane strength winds and waves over 30 feet?   This is the question asked by attorney Jim Walker...

First Lawsuit Filed Against Royal Caribbean, Anthem of the Seas, Storm Cruise

News agencies are reporting that the first lawsuit was filed against Royal Caribbean over the decision to sail the Anthem of the Seas cruise ship during an early February 2016 storm. Lawsuit alleges company was negligent in letting ship sail during storm. From CNN.com... "Passenger Bruce Simpson says that once...