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Injuries on cruise ships happen in many, many ways. One recent injury occurred when a door slammed on a young girls fingers. The result? A broken fingers and stitches. The accident happened on a Carnival Cruise Lines vessel. Hand injuries on cruise ships are common Injuries to the hands arms...
Many law firms -- whether or not they specialize in cruise ship injury accidents or another area of the law -- will offer free consultations. Our firm offers free consultations because we want to make it as easy as possible for injured passengers to tell their side of the story....
Recently, we had a family member of passenger reach out to ask about a possible claim against one of the larger, more popular cruise lines -- Royal Caribbean. The parent of the family member (also a passenger) was asking about medical mistreatment. Could they sue the cruise line? Generally, medical...
Looking to book a cruise vacation but concerned about recent 2015 health inspections? A new report lists the 32 boats that received perfect health inspection scores in 2015. Health and safety on cruise ships is a key concern for many, especially with so many reports of viruses -- like the...
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...
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...
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...
9 passengers from the Holland America Line cruise ship Westerdam were killed on Thursday, June 25 as the sightseeing plane they were traveling on crashed into an Alaska mountainside. View the video coverage from in Seattle. Read the full report here as well. Nine people were killed when a sightseeing...
A number of months ago, we received an inquiry through our website's contact form from a passenger who had suffered a debilitating injury - a broken pelvis that was caused by a fall that occurred when an automatic sliding door malfunctioned. Sadly, this is not an uncommon injury. Cruise ship...
In the U.S. we hear about cruise ship accidents, mishaps and injuries on a regular basis. The news media are quick to pick up stories about injured passengers, norovirus accounts, safety issues and countless other problems related to the cruise lines and their ports of call. Quite often, those are...