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Posted September 13, 2026 By cruise ship attorney, Joel Barnett If you are injured on a cruise ship, you may assume you have plenty of time to decide whether to pursue a claim. Unfortunately, that is often not the case. Cruise ship injury claims are subject to specific deadlines...
Posted June 6, 2026 Cruise lines market their ships as floating resorts where the only decisions a passenger should have to make involve dinner reservations and shore excursions. For most travelers, that experience holds true. But when an injury onboard is serious enough to require an MRI, a set...
Details are still coming forward, but apparently the Holland America cruise ship Ryndam was the scene of a murder-suicide...at least that's the story as of Friday, April 3. The initial reports from Fox News, CNN and other news outlets from Thursday April 2 tell of a bloody scene inside of...
Here is a tip from cruise ship injury lawyers. If you were hurt on a cruise vacation, don't go it alone when trying to file a claim. Just like there are a lawyers who only work on helping people with speeding tickets, a cruise ship injury lawyer only helps people...
Here is a tip from cruise ship injury lawyers. Don't go it alone. Trying to successfully file an injury claim for an accident that happened on a cruise ship can be incredibly difficult and frustrating for you. The cruise lines, working within their company policies, will often work to minimize...
Yes - slip and fall accidents on cruise ship accidents do occur - often more frequently than most passengers believe. Cruise ships inherently offer many opportunities for passengers to get hurt. Unfortunately, it's true - passengers get hurt all time - sometimes due to "no-fault" accidents and sometimes due to...
Many hurt passengers try to work with the cruise ships for compensation after an injury. But should they? Probably not. An experienced lawyer can make a real difference in the outcome because they better understand the complete processes involved in filing a claim against the cruise line. They understand the...
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...
With roughly 20 million people taking cruises every year, how often do passengers return home with an injury sustained while on board the vessel? And of those, how many of those accidents occurred because the cruise line or its crew did (or did not do) something to prevent the accident...
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...
