Category Archives: Cruise Ship Injuries
Are Cruise Lines Ready to Sail Again?
CDC Lifts Cruise Ban. Are Cruise Ships Ready to Start Sailing Again? Today, October 30, 2020 the CDC lifted the “no-sail” order for cruise ships. That does not the mean the cruise lines are free to set sail again. The lifting of the no-sail order comes with restrictions where the cruise lines will have… Read More »
Carnival Ready to Cruise
Carnival Wants to Cruise From Florida It sure seems like Carnival Cruise Lines is getting ready to run cruises again from the State of Florida. Carnival released a statement saying they were ready to begin running cruises out of Port Canaveral and Miami, Florida. The CDC extended the no-sail order through the end of… Read More »
Are Cruise Lines Ready to Resume Cruises?
Are Cruise Lines Getting Ready to Sail Again? Are cruise lines getting ready to sail again? Certainly, they want to get the revenue started again. Royal Caribbean for instance recently disclosed to its shareholders that the company was losing $250m-$290m per month. Earlier in the year, after the CDC shut down all cruises from… Read More »
Kicked Off the Cruise Ship in a Foreign Country
We recently wrote in our blog post about cruise lines kicking passengers off their vessels in foreign ports. (e.g., in a foreign country) We also recently wrote about the cruise ship passenger’s Bill of Rights. In our view the passenger Bill of Rights is almost useless. (See our Blog Post in February 2019). And,… Read More »
How Many Passengers Cruise Each Year on Cruise Ships?
According to Cruise Line International Association (“CLIA”), the industry association organization, 28.2 million passengers sailed on cruise ships in 2018, up from 26.7 million passengers in 2017, and ridership is expected to reach 30 million passengers in 2019. Where Do Cruise Ships Travel Most? Cruise Line International Association (“CLIA”) the industry association organization estimates… Read More »
Medical Services on a Cruise Ship
You’d Better Know About Medical Care on a Cruise Ship The vessel has limitations on the medical care and procedures they can perform on the vessel. Cruise lines don’t like to advertise this fact. The vessel is not a hospital. Read the ticket book to see what services the cruise line specifically offers. Read… Read More »
Medical Malpractice on a Cruise Ship
Franza Decision. What Does It Mean? Recently the federal 11th Circuit Court of Appeals—which governs Florida, Georgia, and Alabama—decided a very important case relating to cruise ships. Previous cases had held that if a cruise ship’s doctor committed malpractice on a passenger, the cruise line was not liable for that doctor’s conduct. The decisions… Read More »
Where to File Suit on My Cruise Ship Injury Claim
For many cruise claims they have to be filed in the State of Florida, and for many of those, they have to be filed in Miami in federal court. The passenger ticket is the contract between the passenger and the cruise line. The ticket book contains important information including where a passenger has to… Read More »
Hidden in the Fine Print: Things You Need to Know About Your Cruise Contract
This Was the Title of a Recent Article on the Cruise Critic Website. It was actually “16” Things You Need To Know” For those who have never viewed Cruise Critic it is a website with tremendous amounts of information relating to cruise ships, passenger feedback, and informative articles on everything from ports of call,… Read More »
7 Things the Cruise Lines Don’t Want You to Know
Here Are 7 Things That Cruise Lines Don’t Want You to Know 1.) Passengers get hurt on cruise ships, and many of those injuries are very serious. Passengers are injured in slip and falls, by falling equipment, by mistakes of cruise ship employees, and various other means. Cruise ships are notoriously terrible record keepers…. Read More »