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"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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...