Navigating A Course To Justice
One piece of news that was heavily circulated this holiday season was the sad tale of one Carnival cruise ship ramming another off the coast of Mexico. According to Carnival Cruises, there were only a handful of minor injuries related to the collision and it appears that everything was treatable by onboard doctors. Only six guests presented themselves to the…
A Florida jury recently awarded an injured crewman aboard a Disney Cruise ship $4 million in damages after she claimed she got inadequate medical care from the onboard ship doctors. Those of you who have followed our blog have likely read many articles related to the suspect medical care provided by cruise line doctors. According to the lawsuit, the crewman…
Lou Santini filed a lawsuit against Norwegian Cruise Lines, Ltd. after he was falsely accused of being a drug smuggler by employees of the cruise line and prevented from leaving the ship. The case was tossed after both sides failed to present evidence or communicate with the court regarding the status of the lawsuit. The case was dismissed “without prejudice”…
A Miami judge has denied Carnival Cruise’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from a guest who suffered a heart attack aboard their vessel. Jeffrey Eisenmann died aboard the vessel as his family was forced to look on in horror. The lawsuit says that the Carnival crew kept Eisenmann from getting the proper care that he needed. It also accuses…
Okay, so this is a weird one. Actress Stephanie Hernandez boarded Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas to film a commercial pitching their latest attraction, the Sky Pad. The Sky Pad is a bungee/trampoline contraption that allows guests to perform backflips and twirl around without endangering themselves or others. However, Hernandez says that she herself was injured while on the…
Medical services aboard cruise ships are notoriously iffy. However, a recent lawsuit accuses Carnival Cruise of hiring an unlicensed doctor to perform medical services aboard their ship. Mary Ann Murphy filed a lawsuit against Carnival Cruise after her husband died aboard the ship after receiving what she believes to be a low-standard quality of care. A spokesperson for Carnival Cruise…
An injured Carnival Cruise member received $1.3 million from Carnival Cruise after the company initially refused to pay his medical expenses. Genti Jenkula from Albania suffered severe spinal and back injuries from a fall he suffered while on duty. Jenkula had won an arbitration agreement for around the same amount, but in September of 2018, but claims that Carnival ignored…
A Boston College student was recently awarded damages related to a mistaken sexual assault that occurred aboard a cruise ship. The student referred to only as John Doe was representing the school in his capacity as a writer for the school newspaper. The students were at a dance when another student, known only as AB, turned around and began screaming…
If you think that fooling around on cruise ships is something worth trying, then you should be aware of the way that cruise lines handle those that violate their safety rules. One woman learned the hard way that cruise ships certainly aren’t fooling around. She’s been banned for life after climbing over the railings. However, another passenger snapped a photo…
The parents of a boy who was attacked by an anteater have filed a lawsuit against Disney Cruise Lines. They claim that after the boy was attacked by the anteater, the Disney Cruise Line did not administer the proper care required to manage his injuries. Essentially, the second part of the allegation is more important than the first. The young…