Personal Injury Law

Problems at sea spark requests on new legislation for cruise ships

Posted on May 05, 2009
The Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009 were introduced to keep Americans aware and safe on cruise ships. Ship safety has been a concern for years, but with recent media coverage on mysterious deaths, sicknesses and accidents aboard...

Freedom of the Seas arrives

Posted on May 05, 2009
PORT CANAVERAL - Emmanouil Kasselas, captain of Royal Caribbean?s Freedom of the Seas, called the ship his ?little puppy? hours after docking at Port Canaveral on Monday. ?Big dog? is more appropriate. And more dogs are coming. Freedom of the...

Cruise ships to drop anchor ? and cash

Posted on April 30, 2009
Several cruise operators who this week suspended calls to Mexican ports over the swine flu scare will divert ships to the Port of San Diego, giving the region an unexpected economic boost. At least 12 unscheduled cruise ships will...

USCG airlifts 3-year-old from cruise ship

Posted on April 29, 2009
A 3-year-old boy suffering from appendicitis on a cruise ship was transported to a Wilmington hospital by an Elizabeth City-based Coast Guard helicopter early Wednesday. According to a Coast Guard release, a physician aboard the cruise ship Carnival Miracle requested...

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Cruise lines suspend stops in Mexico

Posted on April 29, 2009
Five of the world's largest cruise lines suspended all stops in Mexico on Tuesday because of the swine flu outbreak, dealing another blow to that country's battered tourism industry. The situation could mean additional cruise ship business at two Southern...

Cruise Ship Safety Proposed Federal Law

Posted on April 29, 2009
It was four years ago this month when a retired couple from Westminster disappeared off a cruise ship in the Caribbean. The family may never know what happened, but they are using that tragedy to try and change the law...

As swine flu outbreak worsens, cruise lines cancel stops in Mexican ports

Posted on April 28, 2009
As the swine flu outbreak worsened, some cruise lines began cancelling stops in Mexican ports while tourists mulling trips to Mexico quickly changed plans. Three Carnival cruise ships scheduled to make port calls today were called off and Princess Cruises...

Sailor sues over safety of pirated Maersk Alabama

Posted on April 27, 2009
HOUSTON ? A member of the crew on the U.S.-flagged ship hijacked by African pirates sued the owner and another company Monday, accusing them of knowingly putting sailors in danger. Richard E. Hicks alleges in the suit that owner Maersk...

Freak accident injures cruise passenger in Fort Lauderdale

Posted on April 26, 2009
An exploding carbon dioxide canister injured a cruise ship passenger at Port Everglades on Sunday, the Broward Sheriff's Office said. The accident happened at about 10 a.m. in the 2000 block of Eller Drive when a worker threw a fire...

Pirate threat prompts MSC to alter cruise ship itinerary

Posted on April 19, 2009
The 1,064-passenger MSC Melody is changing course to steer clear of pirates off the coast of Somalia. In a statement issued early Friday, the Italy-based line said recent events in the region has prompted it to order the vessel --...

Couple fall from cruise ship

Posted on April 15, 2009
GEORGE TOWN: A 49-year-old man went missing while his wife was rescued after they accidentally fell from a cruise ship about 15 nautical miles south of Pulau Kendi. Shetty Kasturi Nithyanda, 47, who has been admitted to a private hospital...

NTSB investigating fatal Fla. power boat wreck

Posted on April 14, 2009
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ? The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation of the fatal power boat accident that killed five people and injured nine on Florida's east coast. "We are looking at the man, the machine and the environment,"...

Aurora limps back to Britain after 'ruined' cruise

Posted on April 14, 2009
The stricken cruise ship Aurora has arrived back in Britain amid the threat of legal action from passengers. Engine trouble forced the ship to miss out three ports in New Zealand and two in the Pacific Islands on the £16,000...

Local and World News Cruise ship assault charges

Posted on April 13, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, LA - JOSEPH BRUSSEL, 26, a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, pled guilty in federal court yesterday before U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon to one count of assault within the special maritime jurisdiction of the United States,...

Maersk announce Somalia Pirate captive Captain Richard Phillips rescued by US Navy

Posted on April 12, 2009
The ScanEagle entered service with the U.S. Navy in 2005. In addition to the United States military, the Australian Army also operates the ScanEagle UAV. As well the Canadian Government announced in August 2008 that they would lease the ScanEagle...

Pro Bono: Making strides despite economy

Posted on April 08, 2009
Reports of the death of pro bono work in Florida have been greatly exaggerated, at least according to attorneys recently interviewed by the Central Florida Law Journal. ?We find that our pro bono initiative helps us retain high quality attorneys,?...

Cruise ship waiter pleads not guilty

Posted on March 31, 2009
A cruise ship waiter accused of sexually assaulting a passenger pleaded not guilty on Monday. Jorge Teixeira, 38 of Portugal, was arrested earlier this month when the Princess Cruise Lines ship docked in San Pedro. During his arraignment hearing on...

Guests ?imprisoned? as cruise ship makes two stops in 22 days

Posted on March 31, 2009
Passengers on an ill-fated £200m cruise ship staged a revolt claiming they were "imprisoned" on the liner during a round-the-world trip after visiting just two ports in 22 days. Hundreds of holidaymakers on P&O's Aurora, which had already been dubbed...

Peter Greenberg Talks About "Cruise, Inc."

Posted on March 20, 2009
Peter knows travel inside out. Besides producing TV segments and writing books and articles about travel for decades, he put himself through college running a fleet of charter yachts, and he has a pilot's license. When Peter does a story...

Hapless Cruise Ship Back in Palma

Posted on March 19, 2009
The hapless cruise ship MSC Fantasia is back in Palma after a two week voyage to the Western Mediterranean. The Italian owned MSC Cruises launched the 133,500-ton cruise liner Fantasia in December 2008. With capacity for 3,300 passengers the boat...

Cruise industry tries to sail through challenging time

Posted on March 18, 2009
Good times are what the cruise industry is all about, but top cruise executives were hard pressed Tuesday to put a happy face on an industry that's coping with a gloomy global economy and a ton of new capacity. At...

MV Dive Asia 1 Accident

Posted on March 14, 2009
You may or may not have heard about the sinking of MV Dive Asia 1 a few days ago. This is the liveaboard boat based in Phuket that we were on recently. We featured this trip in our first few...

Arrest In Cruise Ship Assault

Posted on March 11, 2009
MYFOX NATIONAL - Sex assault cases are the most common crimes aboard cruise ships, but they are rarely prosecuted. But not in one recent case. The Coral Princess cruise ship had departed Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and was near the end...

Violent Winds Send Mediterranean Cruise Passengers Into Sea

Posted on March 06, 2009
FoxNews.com Four passengers had to be rescued from the sea after the cruise ship they were boarding was ripped from its mooring in high winds, pitching the gangway into the water. The incident happened as passengers tried to board the...

Cruise line has option for layoff-wary passengers

Posted on February 27, 2009
PalmBeachPost.com MIAMI ? In a sign of the times, Norwegian Cruise Lines is offering an insurance option that allows passengers to get a full refund if they lose their jobs and decide to cancel their trips. A company official says...

Cruise Ship Passengers Air Lifted To Miami After Bus Crash In Dominica

Posted on February 24, 2009
Shaneeva Yassin, NBC6.net News Editor MIAMI -- An air ambulance arrived in Miami Tuesday carrying several passengers who were injured in a tour bus crash in the Caribbean island of Dominica. The injured people, all Americans, were passengers on Celebrity...

Another expedition cruise ship runs aground in Antarctica

Posted on February 18, 2009
Another expedition ship has run aground in the frigid waters of Antarctica. Quark Expeditions' 68-passenger Ocean Nova is stuck in Antarctica's Marguerite Bay, west of Debenham Island and near the Argentine research station San Martin. An initial report on the...

Cruise Lines Reach Settlements with Attorney General Over Fuel Surcharges

Posted on February 04, 2009
TALLAHASSEE, FL ? Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that his office has reached a resolution with two cruise lines over the imposition of a retroactively-imposed fuel surcharge on cruise passengers. Oceania Cruises and Classic Cruises Holdings, which does business...

Cruise Craft Strikes Docked City Fireboat

Posted on February 01, 2009
Crash Occurred During Routine Work Done by Spirit of Washington's Crew The Spirit of Washington cruise boat struck the District's main fireboat yesterday while the latter vessel was docked, gashing a 15-foot-hole in the fireboat and disabling it for the...

Royal Caribbean Sees Lower 2009 Profit on Sales Slump

Posted on January 29, 2009
Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., the world?s second-largest cruise operator, projected 2009 profit will fall more than analysts estimated as it slashed ticket prices to stimulate demand. The shares dropped 13 percent. The operator of 38...

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