Every so often, I will read an article which reminds me why I practice maritime law and represent crew members from around the world. Here is an article from Miami’s New Times about several of our clients. Although it was published several years ago, it reveals how cruise lines today mistreat crew members to try
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Nelson Perez Torres, age 24, reportedly confessed to striking Royal Caribbean crew member Monika Markiewicz in the head with a rock and then throwing her into the ocean, according to the chief prosecutor of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo where Cozumel is located.
As we reported in a prior article, Ms. Monika Markiewicz, a 32-year-old Polish musician
The AP is reporting that a second person has died after arriving in Cozumel on Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas cruise ship last Friday, February 4, 2011. We previously reported on the death of Royal Caribbean crew member, Monika Markiewicz, whose body was recovered Saturday from the sea off of Cozumel and is believed to be the victim
Numerous news sources are reporting that the body of crew member from Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas was recovered from the ocean near Cozumel.
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Polish national Ms. Monika Markiewicz, age 32, was employed by Royal Caribbean as a musician. She disembarked from the Allure on Friday and did not return to the cruise ship. The cruise ship then left
Cruise Law News has been contacted by two passengers this weekend, inquiring about a serious accident which occurred on the Oasis of the Seas. The passengers are describing the incident as occurring during a crew fire drill while the cruise ship was at the port in Cozumel last Thursday, January 27th. A crew member was badly injured and
A 29 year old crew member died during a botched life boat training exercise in New Zealand today.
According to newspapers in New Zealand, the accident occurred when crew members from Holland America Line’s Volendam cruise ship were practicing life boats drills. One of the wires attaching the lifeboat to the cruise ship snapped, throwing the two HAL crew members into the
The international press is reporting that Gahadhar Pradhan, a crew member (waiter) from P&O’s Aurora cruise ship, was pistol-whipped over the head and shot during a mugging while ashore in Philipsburg, on the Caribbean island of St Maarten.
We first learned of the incident via 
the cruise blogs by Captain Greybeard in the U.K.
The crew member was shot in
The month of November ends with the mystery of a dead Carnival passenger, another dead Royal Caribbean crew member, a drunk HAL passenger, and the usual weird cruise news.
Murder Cover Up on the Carnival Liberty? According to Carnival’s PR spokesperson Vance Gulliksen, the death of a passenger on the Carnival Liberty had nothing to so with a crime or 
violence, it
A Royal Caribbean crew member was found dead in his cabin on the mega-ship Oasis of the Seas on November 26th. A local television station in Miami, CBS-4, identifies the crew member as a cook.
According to a statement from the cruise line, the crew member is a 33-year old Jamaican man.
"As is our standard
Today we received emails commenting on the bad medical treatment provided on board Royal Caribbean cruise ships and the recent $2,900,000 verdict against the cruise line for its negligent medical treatment rendered to an injured crew member from Nicaragua. Here are the emails:
On the $2,900,000 verdict we reported on last week: “Having worked for
Today a jury in Miami, Florida returned a verdict in the amount of $2,900,000 in favor of a disabled Royal Caribbean crew member who received terrible medical treatment after the cruise line sent her back to Honduras.
The case brings attention to the problem many Royal Caribbean crew members experience when they are injured while working for
A jury reached a verdict yesterday in the amount of $1,700,000 against cruise giant, Royal Caribbean Cruises, here in Miami. The crew member is a musician who slipped on stage and suffered an injured shoulder which required surgery and ended his music career.
The Miami Herald reports on the case this morning, explaing that the defense lawyers for
Has another person disappeared from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship?
A passenger on Royal Caribbean’s mega ship Oasis of the Seas is commenting on Cruise Critic that the Captain announced earlier this afternoon that the cruise ship was turning around to search for a missing person.
Passengers aboard the cruise ship (see the comments below
A member of Cruise Critic sailing aboard Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas cruise ship is commenting that a crew member apparently went overboard from the cruise ship last night. There is a suggestion by those on the cruise ship that the crew member is a waiter and may have jumped.
We reported earlier this year
Cruise Critic ran an article a couple of weeks ago about the Top 10 Reasons To Cruise. I responded with my article "Top Ten Reasons Not To Cruise." I previously addressed the first six reasons not to cruise, which are at the bottom of this article.*
The purpose of this series is not to convince you not to cruise, but to educate consumers
A newspaper in India is reporting that there are developments in the sad case of Neha Chhikara, who died after going overboard from the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Monarch of the Seas on New Year’s Eve. Ms. Chhikara was sailing aboard the cruise ship with her husband, Ankit Dalal, who is described as working on the Monarch as a "manager" of some type.
In most cases involving overboard passengers and crew, the cruise line faces criticism that it failed to respond quickly to the emergency. Cruise lines are often guilty of trying to bamboozle the passengers after-the-fact and act like nothing happened.
So with the recent tragedy of a crew member jumping overboard from Royal Caribbean’s Radiance of the Seas, we were expecting the usual criticisms from
According to the cruise community site Cruise Line Fans, a "man overboard" was reported at 8:00 p.m. last night from Royal Caribbean’s Radiance of the Seas cruise ship. Here is the account:
"At about 8pm last night the call was heard OSCAR! OSCAR! OSCAR! PORT SIDE! The ship shook as it slowed done and turned around.
