Sexual Assault
Lyft Can Be Sued for Failing to Protect a Child from Sexual Abuse
A federal court has said that Lyft can be held liable for the sexual abuse of a teenage girl. Per Law360, “The suit… claims that on Jan. 3, 2022, co-defendant Christopher Harvey called a Lyft driver to pick up Doe, then 14, and drive her to New York, where she was sexually abused. The suit…
Read MoreURGENT UPDATE: Dept. of Homeland Security Involved in Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Sea Investigation
The Dept. of Homeland Security is now contacting the families of the child victims and making them aware that their children were filmed and photographed on the Royal Caribbean (RCCL) Symphony of the Seas cruise ship. Hickey Law Firm is speaking with multiple parents of children who were on board the ship. If you were…
Read MoreURGENT ALERT: Were You a Passenger on Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas?
If you were a passenger on the Royal Caribbean (RCCL) Symphony of the Seas cruise ship and had as your room steward Arvin Joseph Mirasol (see photo), you may have been illegally videotaped in your own cabin, including your cabin bathroom. This room steward is charged with placing cameras inside of cabins of the very…
Read MoreNEWS: Woman Sexually Assaulted on Norwegian Cruise Lines
According to a federal lawsuit, a woman aboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship was sexually assaulted at the hands of a security guard last July. Fox News reports: The passenger, identified as Jane Doe, said she was drunk after partying at the heavily promoted Hip Hop Comedy Show and “became lost and confused” as she…
Read MoreA Sexual Assault Lawsuit for $1.8 Million Was Recently Thrown Out by a Court
A court in Texas recently threw out a woman’s award for punitive damages after she filed a sexual assault lawsuit. Some people may have been shocked by the court’s decision to toss the woman’s compensation out the door, but the reason that they gave for doing this is because the law in Texas does not…
Read MoreNEWS: Two Kentucky Women Drugged and Assaulted on Carnival Cruise
Cruise lines have a duty under maritime law to warn passengers of risks and dangers that the cruise lines know or should know, for places where passengers on cruises are reasonably expected to go. The State Department recently issued an advisory about the violence in the Bahamas. But the cruise line failed to warn its…
Read MoreHickey Law Firm Files Two Sexual Assault Lawsuits Against MSC Cruises
Hickey Law Firm has filed two separate sexual assault lawsuits against MSC in federal court in Florida. One lawsuit alleges an assault by a crewmember; the other lawsuit cites a passenger as the perpetrator of sexual abuse of a child. “This seems to be a pattern,” attorney John H. (Jack) Hickey told Law360. “These sexual…
Read MoreCelebrity Cruises Youth Counselor Faces Molestation Charges
Sexual assault of passengers happens on cruise ships. We have represented numerous cruise ship rape and assault victims over the years. A 35-year-old cruise ship youth counselor is in custody in Broward County jail after being charged with abusive sexual contact with a minor under the age of 12. The FBI reports the man sexually…
Read MoreSexual Assault of an Intoxicated Cruise Ship Passenger by a Crewmember
Crew members on cruise ships have been known to sexually assault and rape passengers. We have represented cruise passengers who have been the subject or suffered from sexual assaults and rapes by crew members from all departments on the ship. The crew members we have found usually are cabin stewards, waiters, cruise directors, and other…
Read MoreThe Trauma of Rape and Sexual Assault
How Hickey Law Firm wins cases on behalf of survivors Last year, we tried cases against cruise lines. One such case was where a crewmember raped another crewmember, a woman who was our client. This was the third time in the life of the crewmember that she had been raped. And this was by far…
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