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Lawsuit By Panamanian Survivor Against Princess Cruises Hits The National Press

By Jim Walker on May 14, 2012
Posted in Rescue

The U.S. national media has now focused on a lawsuit arising out of the notorious "sail by" where a Princess cruise ship sailed by three desperate Panamanian men lost at sea in a disabled little fishing boat.  Two young men from Panama, age 16 and 24 died.  One man, Adrian Vasquez, age 18, survived but…

Survivor of Infamous Star Princess “Sail By” Sues Princess Cruises

By Jim Walker on May 9, 2012
Posted in Rescue

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:…

Panama Opens Criminal Investigation Into Princess Cruises – Captain Perrin to Face Homicide & Failure to Rescue Inquiries

By Jim Walker on April 29, 2012
Posted in Crime

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…

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