Anthem of the Seas Medical Emergency Hastens Return to Port

News from August 14, 2016... When a 72-year old woman experienced trouble and had to be pulled from the pool of Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas cruise ship, the vessel made a hasty return back to port in Bayonne, New Jersey. On Wednesday, guests witnessed the U.S. woman "having...

Chinese Woman Falls From Cruise Ship – Survives 38 Hours in Sea

According to several published reports, like this one from BBC.com, a Chinese woman who fell off a cruise ship and drifted at sea for 38 hours survived with only minor injuries. The incident occurred as the Royal Caribbean cruise ship she was traveling on made its way from Shanghai to...

Injured in a Fall, on Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Seas

We received and inquiry on our website from a passenger who was injured in a fall while cruising with Royal Caribbean on the Navigator of the Seas cruise ship. The passenger explained what happened with the accident and was asking "what their rights were" and should they take "legal action?"...

Carnival Passenger Denied Ability to See the Doctor

We recently conversed with a passenger aboard a Carnival Cruise Ship about a medical incident that occurred that left the passenger utterly confused about their rights -- both as sick passenger on the cruise ship and as a passenger with a complaint about their treatment by Carnival during and after...

Slipped and Fell on Carnival Cruise

"I slipped and fell on Carnival Cruise..." This inquiry is a common one we receive at our law firm -- common because it's an accident that happened on a Carnival Cruise ship -- and common that it was a slip and fall injury. In this specific inquiry, the person was...

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...