Princess Cruises released a press release today claiming that the fishing boat observed and photographed by several passengers on the Star Princess cruise ship is not the Fifty Cents fishing boat which contained three young men from Panama.
You will recall that two young Panamanian fisherman died after a cruise ship failed to stop and…
In a court filing yesterday, Princess Cruises moved to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the 18 year old survivor, Adrian Vasquez, following the infamous "sail by" incident. You will recall that the Star Princess cruise ship failed to assist Vasquez and two other young Panamanian men (who perished) in a small disabled fishing boat drifting 100…
As expected, Princess Cruises was named as a defendant in a second lawsuit filed in Miami arising out of the high profile case where the Star Princess cruise ship sailed by a small fishing boat called Fifty Cents with three young men aboard 100 miles out at sea, leaving two of the men to die.…
The lone survivor of the infamous "sail by" incident, where the Star Princess cruise ship failed to respond to the disabled Panamanian fishing boat Fifty Cents, filed suit yesterday against Princess Cruises.
We were the first in the U.S. to write about this terrible incident in our article last month: "Two Dead Fishermen:…
A reader of Cruise law News in Panama brought an article in the Panamanian newspaper Prensa, entitled “MP Abre Sumario a Capitán de Crucero” to my attention this morning.
As I predicted last week, Panama has decided to proceed with a criminal investigation into the conduct of the Master of the Princess Cruises…
The Star Princess‘ refusal to assist the three young men aboard the disabled Fifty Cents fishing boat has captivated the world’s attention. My first article on the troubling story – Two Dead Fishermen: Did Star Princess Cruise Ship Ignore Mariners In Distress? – elicited strong comments by the public. One comment on my…
Did Princess Cruises forsake young fishermen to die an excruciating death in order to keep its cruise itinerary?
That’s what Don Winner, a blogger for Panama-Guide.com, wants to know. Mr. Winner reports on some disturbing developments in his article "Panama Castaways Were Spotted By Cruise Ship Passengers – And Ignored By Ship’s Captain."…
