A lawsuit recently filed here in Miami illustrates the danger of cruise ship rape which most families who cruise do not realize.
The lawsuit filed last week alleges that Carnival served a young woman two margaritas, a Mojito and three double vodka drinks. Weighing only 118 pounds, the passenger was visibly intoxicated but the Carnival bartenders kept
I read a tweet this evening which caught my eye:
I noticed that it was by Jane Wooldridge who many of you know as the business editor of the Miami Herald. I have been critical of the Miami Herald and its reporters who, like Ms. Wooldridge, are careful not
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When I started this blog, I included a section where I award cruise lines and cruise executives the title "worst cruise line in the world" for the company or person in the cruise industry engaged in the most outlandish conduct.
Some months it has been hard to award just one cruise line or person because
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday is a time to reflect on Reverend King’s legacy and stories of overcoming racial hatred and injustice.
As Dr. King organized and led marches for equal rights in the South, he was fighting prejudice against black Americans which had lasted generations.
Over the course of the 100 years before
A reader of Cruise Law News in Italy has notified us of the death this week of a crew member aboard the Costa Serena cruise ship.
The incident involved a 47-year-old Indonesian crew member, identified as Sahid Bin Fauzi, who worked as a mechanic on the Costa Serena. He reportedly died after falling into a ventilation
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Sad news today in the world of professional baseball with word that legendary baseball manager Earl Weaver died at age 82.
Mr. Weaver was a one-of-a-kind manager who led the Baltimore Orioles to success, winning several American League pennants and the 1970’s World Series while leading the league in ejections. Although short in stature, Weaver
Danielle Gauer, JD Candidate 2013 University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, joins us for another guest blog. You can read about Danielle’s background and read her first guest blog here. This blog is an interesting inside look at cruising for our friends north of the border:
More and more Canadians are looking for a
Newspapers in Australia are reporting that a cruise ship is on its way to rescue a round-the-world sailor whose sailboat was de-masted, forcing him to abandon ship into a life raft in remote waters southwest of Tasmania.
The Brisbane Times states that French yachtsman Alain Delord was attempting a sail around the world but became stranded at
A number of news stations in Florida are reporting on the rescue of two boaters by the crew of the Disney Dream cruise ship.
The incident happened on Wednesday as the cruise ship was sailing in Bahamian water at the end of the cruise
WKMG 6 reports the Disney Dream responded to a distress signal
We are happy to have Danielle Gauer here at our firm. Danielle has firsthand knowledge of the inner workings of the cruise industry performing as a dancer for several years prior to embarking on her university studies. She is currently completing her Juris Doctor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and will be
Silversea’s Silver Explorer cruise ship suffered damage on January 12, 2013 while sailing the Drake Passage to Antarctica from the port of Ushuaia, Argentina. Four crew members were injured in the incident and were treated in the ship’s infirmary.
News sources say that a large wave struck the cruise ship and knocked out a window on
Researchers in Europe, Japan, New Zealand and the U.S. have detected a new variation of norovirus which emerged last year. The virus was and remains particularly prevalent in the United Kingdom where norovirus sickened over 1,000,000 people. The virus was tracked back to Australia and has spread to a number of countries, The U.S. Centers
NBC News has an interesting article about the continuing struggle many survivors of the Costa Concordia disaster are experiencing one year later.
The victims’ anguish has been exacerbated by the insensitivity demonstrated by Costa and parent company Carnival.
A memorial service for the victims will mark the anniversary tomorrow.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640
With the one year anniversary of the Costa Concordia capsizing this Sunday, there are literally several hundreds new articles on line about the disaster.
This morning CBS News aired a video (below) and published an article Costa Concordia 1 Year Later: Survivors Attempt to Move On in which several survivors explain how they are
A newspaper in Italy has posted a video of the frantic last moments of the evacuation of the stricken Costa Concordia.
The video obtained by La Repubblica is taken by a bystander from the island of Giglio. The cruise ship has already listed heavily to the starboard side and the water has risen
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The Week magazine in the U.K. reports that Italian lawyers are filing a criminal complaint against Carnival CEO Micky Arison as well as other American and British directors of Costa’s dual listed parent companies, Carnival Corporation and Carnival PLC.
The article written by Andrea Vogt, "Costa Concordia: UK Directors to be Named Responsible for
A newspaper in the U.K. reports on the grave illness suffered by a 18 year old college student in England which left her fighting for her life.
Chelsea-Rose Cartwright, photo left, developed septicemia from a virus she caught while on a cruise in the Mediterranean. Septicemia is a severe blood infection that can lead
A commuter ferry slammed into a dock in lower Manhattan this morning during rush hour, injuring more than 50 people commuting into New York City. Newspapers report that at least two of the ferry passengers were critically injured.
CBS News states that the accident involved the Seastreak Wall Street. The New York Times states
