Personal Injury Law

Cruise ship industry reverses stance, backs federal safety bill

Posted on July 07, 2009
The legislation would make shipboard crime reporting mandatory and require installation of security latches and peepholes on cabin doors, among other measures. The nation's cruise ship industry, in a turnaround from its long-standing position that no additional government oversight is...

One dead, dozens ill as 'vomiting bug' breaks out on cruise ship

Posted on July 07, 2009
(4:40 PM ET) -- Several news outlets in the United Kingdom are reporting a virulent "vomiting bug" believed to be norovirus has killed one passenger and infected dozens of others on a cruise ship sailing around the British Isles. The...

Cruise ship passengers injured in St. Thomas tour bus crash

Posted on July 06, 2009
(7:30 AM) -- More than two dozen passengers from Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas were taken to the hospital Wednesday after the amphibious tour bus in which they were traveling crashed in St. Thomas. Royal Caribbean says in a...

Sexual assaults on cruise passengers increase

Posted on June 29, 2009
As millions of vacationers head out on exotic cruises during the busy summer season, few give a thought to becoming a victim of assault while on board a cruise ship. According to the FBI, in recent years the leading crimes...

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Cruise Ships Top Spot For Sexual Assaults

Posted on June 23, 2009
Now that the cruising season is in hot demand, millions of travelers are very eager to embark on their one of a kind vacations. However, little do many of these people know that they could very easily fall victim to...

Sexual assaults on the high seas come under scrutiny

Posted on June 22, 2009
It's the midst of peak cruising season, and millions of travelers are eagerly embarking on exotic vacations without thinking they could ever fall victim to a crime at sea. But sexual and physical assaults were the leading crimes committed onboard...

Going Over the Edge on Cruise Ships

Posted on June 19, 2009
A new high school graduate plunges into the Gulf of Mexico while on a celebratory cruise with friends and his parents. A man tumbles over a rail on a cruise ship as it returns to port. A woman goes overboard...

Swine flu cruise ship quarantined

Posted on June 18, 2009
Venezuela has quarantined a visiting cruise ship following an outbreak of swine flu on board. More than 1,200 passengers and crew will be kept on board the Spanish-owned Ocean Dream, which has docked at the Venezuelan island of Margarita. They...

Engine Room Fire on Princess Cruise Ship

Posted on June 18, 2009
Royal Princess Cruise Ship Update, 5:44 p.m. EDT: The latest from Princess is that the fire has been extinguished, but passengers will remain at their muster stations until further notice. The ship is currently operating on emergency power and lighting...

Cruise ship accidents prompt questions: How do people fall off....and why

Posted on June 17, 2009
TAMPA - It's not easy to fall off a cruise ship, and it doesn't happen often, but when it does twice in 24 hours in the Gulf of Mexico, it prompts conversation around another body of water, this one found...

Ala. Woman Reportedly Goes Overboard on Cruise Ship

Posted on June 17, 2009
MOBILE, Ala. - The Coast Guard sent out ships and aircraft to search the Gulf of Mexico for an Alabama woman who reportedly went overboard from a cruise ship early Tuesday. Michelle Vilborg, 50, of Bay Minette was reported overboard...

Man rescued in Fla. after falling from cruise ship

Posted on June 15, 2009
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) ? A man found clinging to a buoy after falling from a cruise ship in coastal Florida has been rescued. The Coast Guard says 46-year-old Larry Miller told them he went overboard from the Carnival Inspiration...

Boating Accidents

Posted on June 15, 2009
Our renowned team of lawyers has extensive experience representing persons injured in boating accidents. If you have been searching for a boating accident attorney, Lipcon, Margulies & Alsina, P.A. is your greatest resource for boating accident litigation information...

Is Swine Flu Keeping Cruise Ship Out to Sea

Posted on June 10, 2009
Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas Add Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas to the list of ships affected by suspected H1N1, the virus formerly known as swine flu the vessel is stuck at sea after being denied entry to...

Would You Ride In A Cruise Ship's Baby Blimp

Posted on June 10, 2009
The annals of shipboard entertainment are a study in the growing ADD-ness of travelers; there once was a day when week-long ocean crossings were happily passed with games of shuffleboard and skeet shooting, and then we graduated to learning napkin-folding...

2,200 Pages Of Court Records Released About Cruise Ship Death

Posted on June 09, 2009
With the release Monday of more than 2,200 pages of court records, the 2005 death of George Allen Smith IV of Greenwich aboard a cruise ship in the Mediterranean continues to confound the experts - and to divide family members....

Swine flu causes more chaos for ship

Posted on May 27, 2009
The Pacific Dawn cruise ship will be quarantined for a second time after several crew members began displaying flu-like symptoms. The ship, which docked in Sydney on Monday with a number of sick passengers, has since taken on more holidaymakers...

More suspected swine flu found on Pacific Dawn cruise ship

Posted on May 27, 2009
The cruise ship Pacific Dawn has been diverted to a remote north Queensland cay after three new suspected cases of swine flu were reported. All three suspected new cases were among crew members, who had been swabbed for flu and...

Cruise ship reports virus sickens 108

Posted on May 27, 2009
A Princess cruise ship traveling to Alaska reported a gastrointestinal illness outbreak on Sunday that sickened 108 of its 2,000 passengers and seven crew members. The ship, the Coral Princess, arrived in Whittier on Monday shortly after noon, state health...

Recent graduate goes overboard from cruise ship

Posted on May 26, 2009
The Coast Guard was searching Gulf of Mexico waters Monday for an 18-year-old recent high school graduate from Louisiana who fell overboard from a cruise ship. Bruce O'Krepki went over the rails off the Carnival Fantasy at about 9:45 p.m....

Coast Guard medevacs 1 from cruise ship in Chesapeake Bay

Posted on May 25, 2009
BALTIMORE - The Coast Guard medevaced a woman Sunday from a ship in the Chesapeake Bay. Rescued was Eileen Mummaugh, 76. The Coast Guard received a call via cellular phone from the Maryland Pilots aboard the Norwegian Majesty, a 680-foot...

Hero cruise ship Britons fight off armed Somali pirates with deckchairs and tables

Posted on May 22, 2009
British pensioners on a cruise ship bravely fought off machine gun-armed Somali pirates by hurling deckchairs and tables at them. The holidaymakers were enjoying a midnight Mozart concert onboard MSC Melody when pirates armed with Kalashnikovs attempted to board it...

Woman Rescued Off Cruise Ship Near Bodega Bay

Posted on May 18, 2009
The U.S. Coast Guard helped rescue a 57-year-old woman from a cruise ship 30 miles west of Bodega Bay Sunday afternoon, the Coast Guard said. At about 1:45 p.m., the Coast Guard was notified of a woman who nearly drowned...

Six remain hospitalized from boat explosion in Tampa Bay

Posted on May 11, 2009
TAMPA, FL -- Six members of an extended family remain hospitalized after their pleasure boat exploded Saturday afternoon. Florida Fish and Wildlife officials say 11 family members were aboard the 33-foot, twin engine boat when it exploded and burned to...

Alaska awaits verification of swine flu finding

Posted on May 11, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- State health officials had expected to get verification Monday that a crew member aboard a cruise ship in Alaska waters contracted swine flu, but officials may have to wait a bit longer. Ann Potempa, a spokeswoman for...

Coast Guard medically evacuates 65-year old woman from cruise ship

Posted on May 08, 2009
SEATTLE - The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 65-year old woman from the cruise ship Millennium in the Strait of Juan De Fuca, Wash., west of Port Angeles Wash., Thursday. Coast Guard Group Port Angeles received a call at 8:30...

Brevard 8th in state in boating accidents

Posted on May 08, 2009
Brevard 8th in state in boating accidents Three people died on Brevard County waters in 2008, but officers say a lifejacket likely would have saved their lives and the lives of most of the 51 others in Florida who died...

Cruise ships depart; did Alaskans sink a profitable tourism industry?

Posted on May 08, 2009
The recent decisions by cruise companies to redeploy ships from Alaska voyages in 2010 will have broad ripple effects in the state's economy, particularly in Southcentral-Interior Alaska regions. The visitor loss is estimated at 140,000 in 2010, which translates to...

Flesh eating bacteria consumes cruise passenger in 24 hours

Posted on May 08, 2009
Have you had your breakfast/lunch/dinner yet? Because this story is bound to upset your stomach. While on a Mediterranean cruise, 58 year old Raymond Evans hurt his knee during a fall. The injury was nothing serious, but the ships doctor...

Boating Fatality Statistics

Posted on May 07, 2009
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has released the boating accident statistics for 2008, and fortunately, there were fewer boating fatalities last year. The reported 54 fatalities represent a 30-percent reduction from the 2007 statistics...

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