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Second Lawsuit Filed Against Princess Cruises For Failing to Rescue Mariners in Distress

By Jim Walker on June 5, 2012
Posted in Rescue

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.…

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…

Two Dead Fishermen: Did Star Princess Cruise Ship Ignore Mariners in Distress?

By Jim Walker on April 17, 2012
Posted in Rescue

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."…

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