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We receive dozens of calls and emails from injured cruise ship passengers every week. Some of those injuries are relatively minor and some unfortunately are life-altering. One of the common questions our clients sometimes ask is, "will my case go to trial?" The answer is, most likely it will not....
Injured in a slip, trip or fall accident on a cruise ship? Believe it's not your fault? Then you may have a legal claim that you can file against the cruise line. With millions of passengers taking cruises each year on Carnival, Disney, Royal Caribbean and other cruise lines, injuries...
Did you know - not all cruise ship injuries happen on the boat. Many occur "off the boat" - on the shuttle boats (called tenders) that take you to shore, in the busy port loading and unloading areas or even on the shore excursions themselves. These shore excursions are often...
It's unfortunate, but accidents on cruise ship can happen just like they can anywhere else - at home, at work and elsewhere. The potential for dangerous scenarios is common and injuries to passengers does occur. Accidents happen on the ship, in bathrooms, on stairways, on wet or slippery decks, because of...
We get a lot of inquiries from passengers who were hurt on their cruise vacations. They call our law firm because they want to know things like: I fell on a wet deck and broke my leg - can I sue? I had food poisoning from spoiled food in the...
Many passengers who were injured in a cruise ship accident are told they might have a case for suing the cruise line if they can show "negligence." But what does that really mean? To keep it simple, "Negligence" means that the cruise line (or its employees - the crew) is...
No company wants to be sued - especially the cruise lines. It's bad for business; the publicity is bad and too many lawsuits may turn away prospective passengers. But injuries happen on cruise ships (and more often than most passengers realize). Limiting Liablity So what do cruise lines do to...
If you were hurt on a Disney Cruise Ship, you're not alone. Disney, like many other cruise lines, see injuries caused by accidents happen more often than most of their passengers would ever believe. The question becomes, what actions should you take if you were injured on a Disney Cruise?...
At our law firm here in Miami, we've been helping injured cruise ship passengers for over 25 years. And between the attorneys here, we have over 60 years of experience helping these passengers file claims and lawsuits against the cruise lines when the facts determined it was appropriate to do...
Well…it certainly seems like it. Cruise lines are publicly traded companies. Their end goal is to generate profit for their investors. The more money they make, the happier everyone is. Because of this, the cruise lines (and their representing attorneys) will try to avoid as many legal issues as possible....