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In one of the more gruesome stories we've heard (and now seen) about cruise injuries and deaths, the accident that occurred aboard the Carnival Ecstasy may have been one of the worst. Reports from Fox 4 News in Ft. Myers Florida shows video taken by passengers who were on a...
Even for our law firm which helps passengers and crew members with legal issues related to cruise ship injuries and accidents, it can be difficult to stay current on all of the incidents that occur on cruise ships here in the U.S. and around the world. While our office receives...
We understand the pain, frustration and uncertainty a personal injury can inflict. We’ve worked with injured clients for more than 25 years and their personal stories have become our stories. That is why we work so hard to protect the legal rights of everyone we work with. As someone suffering...
It seems to be happening with increasing frequency -- passengers going overboard from cruise ships. This time, a woman on the Norwegian cruise ship Pearl, went overboard during a dance party cruise to Mexico. CNN reports (from a Friday morning, Nov. 13 article) ... "A search is underway in the...
A jury in a U.S. District Court in Seattle recently awarded an Illinois man $21 million in damages resulting from an injury to his head after being struck by an automatic sliding door on the Holland America ship. James Hausman was injured when the sliding doors on the M/S Amerstadam...
This was not an isolated incident Apparently, the sliding doors that injured James Hausman -- a cruise ship passenger on Holland America's M/S Amsterdam -- had a record of hitting and injuring other passengers. According to evidence presented to a jury in the U.S. District Court in Seattle, dozens of other...
Holland America Cruise Line ended up on the wrong end of another lawsuit recently, this time to the tune of a $21 million verdict. An Illinois man was awarded $21 million in damages resulting from an injury to his head after being struck by an automatic sliding door on the...
A family of one of the crew members of El Faro cargo ship, which sank off the coast of the Bahamas two weeks ago during Hurricane Joaquin, has filed a $100 Million suit. 33 crew members died when the vessel sank. Watch NBC News Video here... According to NBC News...
U.S. Coast Guard steps in... According to news reports, a female passenger (described as 57 years old) was taken from Princess Cruises Grand Princess Sunday evening. Apparently she had a heart attack. The U.S. Coast Guard was called and she was eventually medevaced from the cruise ship by helicopter. Reports...
Passenger Medevaced On, Saturday, September 26th, the U.S. Coast Guard took an 80-year-old passenger off the Carnival Pride cruise ship as it sailed off the coast of North Carolina. The first reports came in from WITN News in Eastern North Carolina. Apparently, the Coast Guard received an emergency call from...