Cruise Ship

Cruise industry officials are applauding the rescue of a woman who fell from the Norwegian Epic cruise ship earlier this week. The woman, who has still not been publicly identified, reportedly fell from the balcony of her stateroom on March 6th. Rescue workers from the ship reportedly responded to the emergency in less than an…

Every year dozens of passengers fall from cruise ships and ferries across the world. As can be imagined, passengers who fall from these massive vessels are usually lost at sea, never to be seen or heard from again. Despite the odds, a person who recently fell from a cruise ship was rescued alive and is…

After last month’s crazy cruise ship brawl, which saw dozens of passengers aboard a Carnival cruise ship engage in a protracted series of fights aboard the ship, many are asking if cruise companies should do more to protect their passengers. During the fights many passengers report that they had hidden in their staterooms in order…

A British woman was pronounced dead after being medically evacuated from a cruise ship earlier this week, and now staff members at the medical facility where she was treated are speaking out. The online newspaper The Sun is reporting that the 66-year-old victim was evacuated from the cruise ship Marco Polo during a cruise in…

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that a man has been arrested and charged for sexually assaulting a woman while aboard a cruise ship. The alleged perpetrator is identified as 23-year-old Brian Holland from Jacksonville, Florida. The article says that Holland is charged with federal aggravated assault, after he allegedly sexually assaulted a developmentally challenged woman…

When the Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship docked in Bermuda on Wednesday morning, 6 May, the passengers were not allowed to leave at the normal time. The ship had arrived at its usual time of 7.30 a.m. and the passengers usually start disembarking at Heritage Wharf in Dockyard at around 8.00 a.m. However, this week passengers…

Drug smuggling is becoming more and more common aboard cruise ships as the drug traffickers search for new ways to move drugs around the world without being caught. With the increase in border security at the United States border with Mexico the smugglers are looking for new ways to get the drugs from the Caribbean…

The Norwegian Star, which was recently overhauled and renovated in dry dock in Portland, Oregon, was due to depart on April 12 for a 15 day cruise to and through the Panama Canal leaving from Los Angeles. However, the sailing has now been canceled as there is a problem with the azipod propulsion system which…

In Belize on Tuesday, two American Tourists, Theresa Lyn Meyers and Samuel Douglas Schulte left their cruise ship which had docked in Belize, for a day trip tour of Jaguar Paw. They were travelling along George Price Highway shortly before noon, in a small blue SUV being driven by their tour guide, Leon Garcia of…

Christine Gould and her partner, Stephen Gray, both from England, went on a two week long Christmas and New Year cruise on the Thomson Celebration cruise ship around the Caribbean. While on board, both of them began to suffer from problems breathing, as well as a cough. This led to them having to be placed…

In the Cayman Islands on Monday, the Thomson Dream cruise ship, carrying more than 1,400 people, drifted dangerously close to the shore in the George Town harbor, due to strong current and strong winds. The ship was anchored but the captain called for tugboats to assist him as the stern swung dangerously close to the…

Land based casinos are regulated to ensure that the slot machines are both random and honest, however the situation is not the same aboard cruise ships. On land, the gambling laws are very clear, but at sea it is difficult to work out who exactly sets the laws to monitor the casinos and who enforces…

Daniel Dowd, a would-be employee for one of Norwegian Cruise Line’s major contractors, has been fired from a job on board one of the line’s ships before he even started working for them. Dowd was diagnosed with HIV fifteen years ago and recently applied for a job with a spa company to work as a…

Let’s take a minute out to review some of the less commonly known facts about cruising, and the cruise industry. We have done many posts about this matter, and we will continue to do so because the public really needs to know what they are getting into when they set sail with the Carnival Cruise…

From time to time the media picks up a story about someone suing a large company for a “slip and fall” or other negligence on the company’s part – and you may wonder “Why was the victim awarded so much money?” Often times there is more to the story than the headline would suggest. Take…

The following is a description of a personal injury case we have filed. This is a case involving a personal injury relating to negligent medical care on the Norwegian Star, a ship owned by Norwegian Cruise Line. Norwegian Cruise Line owns and operates approximately 12 cruise ships under the NCL brand. For each of these…

The following is a description of a personal injury case we have filed. This is a case involving a personal injury relating to negligent medical care on the Celebrity Summit, a ship owned by Celebrity Cruise Line. On January 11, 2009, our client, a Celebrity cruise passenger, presented at the Celebrity medical center onboard the…