The first blog I wrote when I started Cruise Law News three years ago was about the Death On The High Seas Act (“DOHSA”). It was called “Death On The High Seas Act – Screwing American Passengers for 89 Years.”
Under this archaic law, families who have lost a loved one on the
Carolyn:
I read your recent article in the Conde’ Nast Traveler entitled "Ironically, the Costa Allegra Fire Gives Me More Confidence in the Cruise Line."
You write: "Carnival Cruise Lines and Princess Cruises had major fire outbreaks and not a life was lost."
Perhaps you forgot about my clients’ husband and father
A reader of Cruise Law News in Brazil has informed us that a crewmember of the Armonia cruise ship, operated by MSC Cruises, died yesterday after being admitted to the hospital in serious condition.
A newspaper in Brazil (G1 in Sao Paulo) reports that a local woman, Fabiana Pasquarelli, age 30, was taken from
A newspaper in the Cayman Islands is reporting that a 56 year old cruise ship passenger was found dead in the water Wednesday afternoon.
The cruise passenger was found floating on the water by people on a boat in Coral Gardens. They lifted the man onto their vessel, but found he was unconscious and unresponsive
Last week, a Royal Caribbean guest fell while trying to descend a stairwell in the Catacombs lounge on the Liberty of the Seas cruise ship.
We wrote about the incident in our article: Royal Caribbean Passenger Falls & Dies on Liberty of the Seas Cruise Ship.
A number of former passengers aboard this cruise ship
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The AP is reporting that a Irish cruise ship passenger went overboard from the Allure of the Seas, which is the world’s largest cruise ship cruise ship.
Royal Caribbean states that another passenger allegedly saw the British passenger, age 30, go over the railing from his stateroom on the Allure. The cruise line then
News sources are reporting that a passenger died aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship this morning after falling down a staircase.
Massachusetts resident, Barbara Wood, age 47, reportedly was leaving the Catacombs nightclub aboard Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas at about 1:48 a.m. when she fell on the stairs and struck her head, according to a statement by the Broward
Multiple news sources are reporting that a 26-year-old American passenger aboard a Carnival cruise ship fell to his death.
The incident occurred on the Carnival Fantasy cruise ship. The man apparently fell from the upper levels all the way down to the lobby level of the cruise ship
The cruise ship docked in Nassau, Bahamas last night. Its departure today was delayed
A year and a half ago, I wrote about the danger of serious injury and death created by the “FlowRider” attraction on Royal Caribbean’s cruise ship. The article is entitled Wipeout! Liability of Royal Caribbean Cruise Line for FlowRider Accidents.
In the article, I discussed that the cruise line forces the passengers to sign
Yesterday there were multiple news accounts of the sentencing of Carnival cruise passenger, Robert McGill, to life in jail for the brutal murder of his wife aboard the Elation cruise ship.
The crime occurred after McGill reportedly drank a half bottle of Mezcal and seven or eight beers while ashore in Cabo San Lucas. The Southwest
A life sentence in jail was imposed today on a cruise passenger by a Federal District Judge for a murder on a cruise ship which occurred two years ago.
In July 2009, Robert and Shirley McGill cruised to Cabo San Lucas aboard the Carnival Elation cruise ship to celebrate Mr. McGill’s 55th birthday and his wife’s retirement.
But following
Today the Cayman News Service reports that yesterday afternoon a seventy one year old cruise passenger was found dead in the water near an area referred to as the "Sand Bar." This is a popular location where tourists can swim in shallow water near stingrays.
Police have identified the cruise ship passenger as Mr. Samir Rizk of Raleigh, North Carolina.
According to
CBC News in Canada published a story this week about cruise passenger Bernie Hamilton, age 66, who died following a Holland America Line ("HAL") cruise due to what sounds like a series of errors by the ship’s medical personnel. The article is entitled "Cruise Death Prompts Warning on Ships’ Medical Care."
I have heard these stories time after time over the
The Virgin Islands Daily News reports today that the U.S. Coast Guard continues to investigate the fatal parasailing accident in St. Thomas which killed a Celebrity Cruises passenger and seriously injured her daughter on November 15, 2011.
We discussed this incident in our article Celebrity Cruises Passenger Killed in Parasailng Accident in St. Thomas.
The incidents resulted
A number of readers of our blog have contacted us asking for information about a jet ski mishap where a cruise passenger apparently died in the Bahamas on November 24th.
The incident reportedly occurred after the cruise passenger rented a jet ski at the Atlantis resort in Nassau. The passenger had sailed to Nassau aboard the Carnival Magic cruise
Multiple news sources are reporting that an U.S passenger died aboard Holland America Line’s Veendam cruise ship that arrived in Rio de Janeiro yesterday.
HAL’s Veendam is also the same cruise ship on which approximated 80 passengers fell ill, according to the state-run Brazilian news agency, Agencia Brasil. The agency refers to the cruise passengers as suffering from "gastro-enteritis." It is
A news source in the U.S. Virgin Islands reports that two passengers from the Celebrity Eclipse cruise ship were involved in a serious parasailing accident on Tuesday in St. Thomas.
The incident occurred late Tuesday afternoon while the passengers were on an excursion. One of the passengers died, and the other was seriously injured and remains hospitalized.
Yesterday, a jury convicted a Chinese passenger of murder after finding that he threw his wife off a cruise ship.
The Standard newspaper in Hong Kong reports that Wang Weile, age 49, shook his head in disbelief when the seven member jury returned its guilty verdict. The judge then sentenced him to life imprisonment.
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As we reported in our article about this bizarre crime earlier
