The Costa Concordia disaster provided a disturbing insight into the unsafe operations of the cruise lines. Before the Concordia capsized, the cruise industry did not even have a requirement that cruise ships conduct a muster drill before the passengers set sail. There were no restrictions to the bridge. The on board girlfriend of infamous Captain
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Rough Weather Lawsuit: A Lynch Mob Forms at USA TODAY’s CruiseLog
By Jim Walker on
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Last week I mentioned a compensation claim filed in the U.K. at London’s High Court following the death of a doctor, Michael Bedford, age 70, who lost his life while cruising as a passenger aboard the MV Athena. Dr. Bedford fell down a flight of stairs on the cruise ship as it sailed to North America…