Personal Injury Law

Cruise Bruise Welcomes Back The Lipcon Law Firm

Posted on September 11, 2010
Cruise Bruise is pleased to announce that the law firm of Lipcon, Marguiles, Alsina and Winkleman have returned as sponsors. The firm has partnered with us for several years and has been a Cruise Bruise supporter throughout. If you have questions regarding your legal rights after you have been involved in an incident at sea, you need the advice and case leadership of a maritime attorney with 39 years experience assisting crew members and passengers with their legal claims...

Passenger suffering breathing difficulties dies aboard cruise ship

Posted on September 05, 2010
A 57-year-old cruise ship passenger had difficulty breathing before he died aboard a cruise ship early yesterday morning, police said. The ship?s medical staff had tried to revive the man before he died just before 3 a.m. yesterday, police said. Investigators said there were no signs of foul play...

Sixteen British cruise ship passengers sue luxury liner firm after iceberg crash

Posted on September 04, 2010
A doctor, a bank director and the chairman of a law firm are spearheading a seven-figure High Court battle with a British cruise operator after their luxury liner was hit by a glacier. The MV Alexy Maryshev was on a ten-day sightseeing cruise in the Arctic around the Norwegian island of Spitzbergen when a glacier 'calved' an iceberg, creating massive shockwaves and littering the deck of the ship with slabs of ice...

Fire on board Larnaca cruise ship

Posted on September 04, 2010
OVER 50 passengers and crew were rescued from a cruise ship near the Larnaca coast on Thursday night, after a fire broke out on board. The ship, Memories is thought to have caught alight after an engine battery short circuited around 8pm, while the boat was just 500m from Phinikoudes beach...

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FWC Officer Injured In North Florida Boat Accident

Posted on August 30, 2010
TRENTON, Fla. (AP) ? A state wildlife officer was seriously injured after he fell off his boat while patrolling a north Florida river. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports that 34-year-old Billy Giles was alone on the 16-foot boat on the Santa Fe River Saturday evening...

Commercial crabber killed in Pinellas boating accident

Posted on August 20, 2010
A 60-year-old St. Petersburg commercial crabber was killed today when his 20-foot runabout struck the 4th Street Bridge in north St. Petersburg. Phillip Johnson, 6618 14th Street North, was operating the vessel just after 10:30 a.m. when it hit the bridge support and then careened out of control into some nearby mangroves, officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said...

Miami FBI Investigates Alleged Rape Case on Cruise Ship

Posted on August 19, 2010
RIVIERA BEACH, FL --- Miami FBI is investigating an alleged rape on the Celebration Cruise Line. Investigators responded to the ship when it docked Monday morning. Reports say passengers were delayed upon arrival at the port until the FBI was able to gather a list of names for everyone onboard...

FBI investigates rape aboard Bahamas Celebration cruise ship

Posted on August 19, 2010
FBI officials are investigating allegations of a rape aboard the Bahamas Celebration cruise ship, FBI Miami spokeswoman Judy Orihuela confirmed Thursday. A 52-year-old woman reported she was forced to have sex with a male passenger on a ping-pong table on the ship?s deck at about 4 a...

10 aboard Canaveral-based Carnival Dream kicked off ship in Mexico after brawl

Posted on August 17, 2010
A dance club brawl aboard a Carnival Cruise ship last week ended with 10 passengers being kicked off the vessel during a stop in Mexico, officials confirmed today. The incident happened late last week near the western Caribbean Mexican port of Costa Maya aboard the Carnival Dream ? a 3,600-passenger ship based in Port Canaveral, officials said...

Cruise ship passenger dies; Epic returns briefly to the Port of Miami

Posted on August 15, 2010
A 21-year-old man hours into a seven-day cruise to the Caribbean with his family suffered an apparent severe allergic reaction to food and died onboard Norwegian Cruise Line's Epic, forcing hundreds of fellow passengers to return to the Port of Miami early Sunday...

1 person killed in boating accident, few injured

Posted on August 11, 2010
HOLIDAY, Fla. -- One person was killed and several others injured in a Pasco County boat crash. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports that 59-year-old Michael Billiris of Tarpon Springs was killed when two boats collided Tuesday in Anclote River in Holiday...

Long-sought suspect in sexual assault case found working on cruise ship

Posted on August 11, 2010
A man accused of sexual assault who has been on a "most wanted" list in California for nearly a decade has been found working on a Carnival cruise ship operating out of the state -- an incident likely to raise questions about hiring procedures at cruise lines...

Long-sought suspect in sexual assault case found working on cruise ship

Posted on August 11, 2010
A man accused of sexual assault who has been on a "most wanted" list in California for nearly a decade has been found working on a Carnival cruise ship operating out of the state -- an incident likely to raise questions about hiring procedures at cruise lines...

Cruise Ships Traveling In Changing Legal, Security Climate

Posted on August 10, 2010
Crime on cruise ships is rare, considering 10 million North Americans sailed last year. But some crime victims believe that justice also is rare -- due to overlapping investigative powers, difficulty obtaining evidence and witnesses, and a lack of sworn officers aboard ships...

Keep crime at bay on cruises

Posted on August 09, 2010
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Crime on cruise ships is rare, considering 10 million North Americans sailed last year. But some crime victims believe that justice also is rare - due to overlapping investigative powers, difficulty obtaining evidence and witnesses, and a lack of sworn officers aboard ships...

31-year-old East Naples man killed in watercraft accident

Posted on August 07, 2010
An East Naples man was killed Thursday night in a boating accident after he was ?slung? into another vessel north of Keewaydin Island, according to authorities. Emil Dan Prunean, 31, originally from Medias, Romania, suffered fatal injuries when his flotation tube, being towed by a Yamaha WaveRunner, collided with a Kawasaki Jet Ski, according to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report...

For some, cruise ship security, safety law doesn't hold water

Posted on August 05, 2010
A bill addressing crime, safety and accountability on cruise ships was signed by President Obama late last month, but that has not stopped industry officials, victims' advocates and frequent cruise passengers from debating the legislation's merits. "If we have to report more crimes on a ship or alleged crimes, it's going to look like there's more crimes on a ship," he said...

Crimes on Cruise Ships Rarely Investigated

Posted on August 03, 2010
The cruise safety bill signed last week by President Obama requires cruise lines to report serious crimes such as deaths, missing persons, sexual attacks and assaults to the FBI and the U.S. Coast Guard. But if the legislation is going to bring the justice that safety advocates are pursuing, law enforcement authorities will need to change their ways...

11-year-old boy killed in boating accident

Posted on August 02, 2010
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says an 11-year-old boy is dead after he fell off a boat near Plantation Key. Investigators say Michael Duda was riding in the 17-foot boat Friday evening when the operator made a sharp left turn...

Keeping crime at bay on cruises

Posted on August 02, 2010
Crime on ships presents problems of jurisdiction, justice and security, but a new law is designed to improve passenger safety Crime on cruise ships is rare, considering 10 million North Americans sailed last year. But some crime victims believe that justice also is rare -- due to overlapping investigative powers, difficulty obtaining evidence and witnesses, and a lack of sworn officers aboard ships...

Jason Margulies on Cruise Ship Safety

Posted on August 02, 2010

How to stay safe on a cruise

Posted on August 01, 2010
Cruise safety tips: Keep it simple: From luggage to wristwatches, avoid expensive-looking accessories that could make you a target for theft. Some 75 percent (30 of 53) of passenger theft reports involved stolen jewelry. Usually, jewelry was reported missing from cabins, but in more than a third of the cases it was taken from bags or luggage...

How cruise ship security guards are hired, trained

Posted on August 01, 2010
Security chiefs from Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Carnival Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises, and Holland America Line say they follow these procedures when hiring security personnel for their ships. Who gets hired: Onboard security guards and officers, as well as security leaders at company headquarters, usually have worked in the security industry, law enforcement, government or military service in their native country...

About the reports

Posted on August 01, 2010
Under a 2007 agreement, cruise lines began voluntarily reporting to the FBI violations of U.S. law aboard cruise ships. The Sun Sentinel's information request to the FBI for copies of the cruise line reports yielded 363 incidents from 75 ships, from December 2007 through October 2008...

Law requires security video, peep holes on cruise ships

Posted on July 29, 2010
New cruise ship safety legislation will require peep holes, 42-inch guard rails and on-deck video surveillance. Addressing concerns over cruise ship safety and transparency, President Barack Obama this week signed into law new measures that mandate crime reporting, require aid for rape victims and force all ships to have cabin peep holes and guard rails of a certain height...

Commissioner's wife killed in boating accident

Posted on July 27, 2010
The wife of Highlands County Commissioner Jeff Carlson died Sunday from injuries suffered in a boating accident in Indian River County. Jeff Carlson was reportedly driving the boat. County Commission Chairman Don Bates expressed his sadness over the entire affair, and stressed that many in the community would be there if needed...

Woman killed in fall off gangplank of cruise ship

Posted on July 25, 2010
A Spanish woman fell to her death Saturday off the gangplank of a cruise ship moored in Genoa, Italy, news reports said. Maria Mercedes Bonastre, 62, of Barcelona was boarding the ship with her husband and friends when the top step of the plank gave way, the reports said...

Woman dies after boating accident in Sebastian

Posted on July 25, 2010
A Sebring woman has died from injuries she received Saturday night when the boat in which she was a passenger struck a piling in the Indian River about 100 yards east of docks at Captain Hiram?s Resort. Julie Carlson, 39, died Sunday at Holmes Regional Medical Center, said Joy Hill, spokeswoman for the Florida Fish and Game Conservation Commission, which is investigating the accident...

Audio released of barge-tour boat collision

Posted on July 24, 2010
The U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday released recordings of radio communications after this month's collision between a tour boat and a barge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Thirty-seven people were on board the smaller duck boat in the Delaware River on July 7 when the accident occurred...

Keeping cruise ships safe

Posted on July 20, 2010
The Cruise Ship Safety Act would require ships to report crimes, raise guard rails, install peepholes and more. Any day now, the president is expected to sign the Cruise Vessel Safety and Security Act, which promises to make cruising safer. Maybe you don't think of a floating vacation as a dangerous activity ? after all, the last headline-grabbing sinking of a cruise liner was that of the MS Sea Diamond, which ran aground near Santorini, Greece, back in 2007...

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