I used to be a cruise line defense lawyer.
In 1996, I tried my last defense case, for Dolphin Cruise Lines. The cruise line was sued by a crew member who slipped and fell on a wet floor of a photography room on the S/S Oceanbreeze. He underwent back surgery and returned to his
This morning the Walker – O’Neill family arrived back in Miami at 7:30 a.m. after taking the “red eye” from Seattle. We spent two weeks enjoying British Columbia for a great vacation.
My family voted before our vacation that there would be no blogging. Out voted 3-1, I didn’t even take my lap top with
The lawyers at Cruise Law are going on vacation for a few days. So you will not see the usual daily blogs about all of the cruise ship monkey business.
And, no, we are not going on a cruise.
But feel free to email me – yes I still work even on vacations: jwalker@cruiselaw.com
From time to time, I’ll include a “personal story” in Cruise Law News, like this one.
This year my younger son, John, a 7th grader tried out for the 7th and 8th grade lacrosse teams at his school Gulliver Academy. He had never played lacrosse before. Quite frankly, I don ‘t think he had ever
It finally happened. After 8 years, my Blackberry finally died. Not a natural death mind you, but due to my negligence in leaving it on a lawn chair Friday evening after I enjoyed a glass of wine with my spouse.
Our sprinkler timer kicked on Saturday morning and, after a 20 minute water cycle, my friend was soaked to
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Today was a beautiful day in Miami – 68 degrees, bright blue skies, and a gentle breeze from the south.
This is the type of weather which reminds me why I live in Miami.
My family decided at the spur of the moment to drive over to South Beach.
All afternoon long, jet – after
Good things happen in three’s. That’s what my Mom told me a long time a long time ago. And so today, I affirm that lesson I learned as a child with the following three stories which warm my heart:
Life’s a Cruise for Cancer Survivor, Lyn Burdon
Cancer is a bitch. Anyone who has lost a family member, spouse, or friend knows what
I moved to New Orleans in 1980 to attend law school at Tulane. I lived in an apartment 10 blocks from campus in the bottom of a two story shotgun house on Freret Street in Uptown. A witch lived 
above me and insisted that she hang bird feathers over the transom of my front door.
Yes, New Orleans was a weird place, full of
I receive a lot of emails to the effect that I should write fewer articles about the cruise industry’s latest shenanigans and more about “personal stuff.”
O.K. – always happy to oblige.
Tonight I went with the boys to the University of Miami to watch the UM play Wake Forest – ACC basketball big time.
For those of you who read my blog, you know that I have taken a sabbatical away from Cruise Law News since December 19th.
Ten days without a single blog. A record!
After 100 articles in a little over three months, I needed a break. My readers probably did too.
My other excuse is that
From time to time, I receive an email or a Tweet from someone tired of hearing negative comments about the cruise industry. I hear you. Trust me, I’m as tired of tweeting or blogging about bad things that happen on cruise ships as you may be hearing about them.
Usually, the tweet is something like – Do you
