You may not realize it, but if you were hurt on a cruise ship and want to file an injury claim or lawsuit against the cruise line, the cruise lines would prefer that you did not hire a personal injury lawyer. Why is that? Very simply - once involved with...
Category: Cruise Ship Safety
What Are The Top 5 Cruise Lines We Bring Claims Against?
At our cruise ship injury law firm, we're often asked which cruise lines we bring claims against. The simple answer is that we can help all passengers who have been hurt or injured in a cruise ship accident - regardless of which cruise line it is. However, here are the...
Close Call, Near Drowning on Royal Caribbean Cause for Safety Concern on Cruise Ships?
Another near drowning on a cruise ship recently happened - this time on the Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas. Read the full story here. The big question becomes - "should cruise lines maintain lifeguards on their ships to manage the pools and the passengers who use them?" Does NOT...
6 Common Questions for Cruise Ship Injury Lawyers
As cruise ship injury lawyers, we're often asked a series of questions when hurt passengers - or their family members - call our office. Generally, the people we talk with are confused and frustrated. They were injured on a cruise vacation. The cruise line and its employees were generally not...
Hurt on a Carnival Cruise and it Wasn’t Your Fault?
It's unfortunate, but accidents and injuries happen on Carnival Cruise Ships. People get sick from food poisoning. Passengers trip on worn carpeting or slip on wet floors and decks. Many of these injuries can be quite painful and life-changing. On top of that is dealing with doctors, hospitals and insurance companies…and...
Great Question for Passengers – Why Are There No Lifeguards on Cruise Ships?
Fox News poses a question we've wondered about for years - "Why Are There No Lifeguards on Cruise Ships?" See a snippet from the article below or read it in full here at FoxNews.com. Last month, a 4-year-old boy drowned aboard the Norwegian Breakaway, and his 6-year-old brother was seriously...
Are New Cruise Ships Safer Cruise Ships? USA Today Guide to New Cruise Ships of 2014
USA Today, which keeps tabs on cruise ship industry news, recently published an overview of the new cruise ships coming in 2014. Read the full story here: USA Today's Guide To The New Cruise Ships of 2014 Are New Cruise Ships Safer Cruise Ships? Hopefully these new cruise ships will...
Quick Tips; What To Do If You Are Injured On A Princess Cruise
It's unfortunate, but accidents and injuries happen - even on Princess Cruise Ships. If you've been hurt or injured while sailing with Princess and believe that your injury was sustained due to the negligence of the crew or the cruise line itself, you may have a potential claim. Yes,...
Too Big To Sail? Cruise Ships Face Scrutiny Regarding Passenger Safety
Post updated Dec. 9, 2014. Are cruise ships becoming too big, too large to operate safely? That's the question posed in this article at NBC News: Too Big To Sail? Cruise Ships Face Scrutiny (the original article came from The New York Times). While we don't know the answer to...
Carnival Cruise passenger death attributed to alcohol poisoning
A Carnival Cruise passenger's death has been attributed to alcohol poisoning, per a report at CruiseCritic.com. According to the report... An 18-year-old died while at sea onboard Carnival Miracle 's February 18 sailing. Multiple reports assert the cause of death was alcohol poisoning. Carnival Cruise Lines confirmed the man's death. "We can confirm that...