Personal Injury Law

Boat driver: Coast Guard vessel sped before crash

Posted on December 22, 2009
SAN DIEGO - Alan DeWeese says his lights were on when a Coast Guard boat rammed his 26-foot Sea Ray, killing his 8-year-old son and injuring five others on board. The lights are just one reason witnesses and survivors are...

Budget Travel: A theory about the itineraries of the new mega-cruise ships

Posted on December 20, 2009
That enormous, new, 6,000-passenger cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas, that you've been reading so much about, will begin sailing an odd itinerary this coming May. Every other week throughout the year, it will devote three of its six days...

Safety warning for cruise visitors

Posted on December 14, 2009
Nassau, capital of The Bahamas, has spent millions of dollars dredging its harbour and building new port facilities so it can handle Oasis of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world. So a recent spate of armed attacks...

31 Year Old Italian Chef Angelo Faliva Missing Aboard "Coral Princess" Sailing from Aruba to Colombia between Nov. 24 & 25

Posted on November 29, 2009
31 year old Italian Chef Angelo Faliva is missing aboard the Princess Cruises "Coral Princess" sailing from Aruba to Cartagena, Colombia. Faliva was last seen on a deck of the Coral Princess at about 8:30 AM Thursday. The FBI is...

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Too little, too late? A cruise passenger robbed in Nassau speaks out

Posted on November 28, 2009
Bahamas pledged to place more police in the tourist sectors of Nassau after a spate of crimes against cruise passengers in the last few weeks, but at least one victim is saying that is too little, too late. Carly Milne...

Nassau crime wave hits cruises

Posted on November 28, 2009
A series of armed attacks on cruise ship passengers in Nassau has raised fears about the safety of visitors to the Bahamas. Several Europeans were among a group of 18 tourists held up by two men wielding shotguns during a...

Bahamas security to be beefed up after U.S. cruise ship passengers robbed

Posted on November 24, 2009
Bahamian officials plan to beef up security after the armed robbery of 18 U.S. cruise ship passengers visiting a forest preserve just minutes from the busy port of Nassau last weekend, the founder of the tourist attraction said Monday. The...

Royal Caribbean unveils first tracking system for children on cruise ships

Posted on November 23, 2009
ABOARD THE OASIS OF THE SEAS -- Always wished you had a quick and easy way to track down your children on a cruise ship? On one ship, at least, now you will. When Royal Caribbean's new Oasis of the...

Cruise Ship Rescues Seattle Couple In High Seas

Posted on November 16, 2009
A Seattle couple in danger of drowning on the high seas was rescued by a cruise ship over the weekend. Christopher Miller and Brandy Meissner were about 400 miles from Hawaii when bad weather, high winds and powerful waves all...

Oasis of the Seas wows the crowds as it docks at Port Everglades

Posted on November 13, 2009
Oasis of the Seas, larger than life on the ocean's horizon Friday morning, swaggered into Port Everglades, sounding her horn as a crowd of onlookers at John U. Lloyd State Park beach let out a cheer. "Wow!" cried one early...

Woman 'buzzed' night of alleged cruise ship attack

Posted on November 11, 2009
A Kansas City woman who claims a headwaiter for a Princess Cruise Lines ship sexually assaulted her when she was a passenger told jurors today in Los Angeles federal court she was "buzzed" the night of the alleged attack. Portuguese...

Wet and Wild

Posted on November 10, 2009
It?s always happy hour in the Crew Bar. Cashiers selling $1 beers and $2 packs of Marlboro Lights are swamped from the moment they open their metal shutters at 8 p.m. till they close them at 1 a.m. Darts pierce...

Cruise ship safety measure wins House OK

Posted on October 24, 2009
Cruise lines serving U.S. ports would be required to improve crime reporting and safety measures under a bill approved Friday by the House of Representatives. The measure would require cruise ship to publicly report shipboard crimes, install peepholes in cabin...

Sex claim clouds cruise

Posted on October 18, 2009
Kiwi cruisegoers have been warned to watch their backs after an alleged sexual assault on "New Zealand's favourite cruise ship". A young woman claims she was assaulted on P&O's Pacific Sun 12 days ago while it was cruising near Noumea....

Police investigate P&O sexual assault allegations

Posted on October 13, 2009
Police have been asked to investigate an alleged sexual assault on board a P&O Cruise ship which docked in Brisbane on Saturday morning. The P&O liner Pacific Sun docked in Brisbane after a seven day cruise. Police say they are...

Search on for passenger missing from Princess cruise ship

Posted on September 24, 2009
(6:45 AM) -- A massive search-and-rescue operation is under way off the west coast of Canada today for a passenger who has gone missing from a Princess cruise ship. The 67-year-old woman, who hasn't been identified, was noticed missing Wednesday...

Rochester man charged with sexually abusing teen on cruise ship

Posted on September 18, 2009
A Rochester man is at the center of a cruise ship nightmare after federal authorities say he sexually abused a young girl. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tiffany Lee said that according to a criminal complaint on December 31, 2006, a 13-year-old...

Cruise Passenger Dies in Ship-Sponsored Tour

Posted on September 09, 2009
A man who was a passenger onboard Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas has died following a tragic accident while on a ship-organised catamaran excursion in Cozumel. According to a statement from Royal Caribbean, "On Friday, September 4, a guest...

Irish cruise ship man falls overboard while sharing kiss with girl

Posted on September 08, 2009
The search has resumed in Australia for a young Irishman feared drowned after falling overboard when kissing his girlfriend. Shane O'Halloran (23), from West Cork, is missing and suspected drowned after he and his girlfriend (26) apparently lost their balance...

Six Carnival cruise ship passengers jailed in Antigua after dispute with cabbie

Posted on September 08, 2009
ix Carnival cruise ship passengers have been detained on the island of Antigua after a dispute over a cab fare ballooned into an alleged brawl with police. The Antigua Sun today reports the six U.S. citizens -- Dolores Lalanne, 25,...

Drama at sea: Disney cruise ship comes to rescue after Carnival passenger goes overboard

Posted on September 04, 2009
(7:56 AM) -- A Disney cruise ship sailing off the coast of Florida has rescued a Carnival passenger who went overboard during the night. Disney spokeswoman Rena Langley says the Disney Wonder pulled the passenger out of the water at...

Accident In Bahamas Leaves NCL Passenger Dead

Posted on August 28, 2009
A passenger on board a Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line ship has died following an accident in the Bahamas. According to a statement from NCL, a passenger on the Norwegian Sky and his wife were walking on rocks by the shore...

Coast Guard airlifts woman from cruise ship

Posted on August 24, 2009
SAN DIEGO - The U.S. Coast Guard airlifted a 62-year-old woman yesterday from a cruise ship and brought her to San Diego for treatment after she suffered a head injury. A Coast Guard helicopter picked up the woman about 5:15...

Rape Suspect Arrested On Carnival Cruise Ship

Posted on August 12, 2009
According to reports a Canadian rape suspect was arrested on the Carnival cruise ship Inspiration in Tampa Bay. It has been reported that the U.S. Marshalls met the Inspiration when it docked in Tampa Bay after the U.S. Department of...

Search Ends for Woman Missing from Cruise Ship in Glacier Bay National Park

Posted on August 04, 2009
A search for a woman who was reported missing from a cruise ship in Glacier Bay National Park on Monday morning has ended. Searchers have recovered a body believed to be that of the missing woman, many miles away from...

Curiosity cuts man's family cruise short

Posted on July 30, 2009
When Mark Jacobs boarded a ship to enjoy a relaxing cruise around Scandinavia this month with his wife, his children and his parents, the last thing he expected was to be escorted off the liner by uniformed officers from the...

Emotional comments from man held in cruise death

Posted on July 18, 2009
SAN DIEGO ? Robert McGill, the man accused of killing his wife on a Mexican cruise, made a dramatic first court appearance in San Diego, arguing with public defenders as family members sobbed loudly in the gallery. The 55-year-old man...

Two brothers die in boat crash off Dinner Key

Posted on July 11, 2009
Two brothers died early Saturday morning when a 23-foot Bayliner slammed into their 21-foot Hewes near Dinner Key, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Charles W. Clayton, 32, and Wade A. Clayton, 33, were killed in the...

Coast Guard plucks infant from cruise ship

Posted on July 08, 2009
JUNEAU, Alaska - The U.S. Coast Guard came to the aid of an infant injured in a fall on a cruise ship. The ">cruise ship Celebrity Infinity was 80 miles west of Juneau when the call came in. The Coast...

Cruise industry supports tougher safety rules

Posted on July 08, 2009
The ">cruise line industry endorsed proposed federal rules requiring peepholes on cabin doors, though many ships already have them. The ">cruise ship industry has agreed to new safety rules making it easier to find out who's knocking at a cabin...

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