An issue which comes up from time to time in cruise injury cases is which law governs the lawsuit. Such was the focus in a recent case involving a Royal Caribbean passenger who was hurt after falling from his wheelchair while being transported from the Majesty of the Seas to […]
Author: Keith S. Brais
Injured Crew Member Medevaced from the Carnival Conquest New Orleans, Louisiana – The United States Coast Guard medically evacuated a 34-year-old crewmember on September 7th from the Carnival cruise ship Conquest. It was reported the seaman from Indonesia fell and hit her head on the ship’s deck requiring emergency medical […]
A landmark case from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana finds maritime companies are not entitled to repayment of maintenance and cure wrongly provided to injured seaman even if the crewmember lied on his employment application. Maintenance is a living stipend that employers must pay seamen […]
Two judges in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County Florida arrived at opposite conclusions as to whether Americans who suffered horrors in the Costa Concordia disaster can maintain their lawsuits in Florida. In both cases, Costa Cruise Lines along with its parent company Carnival Cruises filed motions […]
More and more courts are finding cruise line’s personal injury arbitration agreements unenforceable when it comes to American crewmembers. The latest case comes from the Middle District of Florida wherein an American ice skater employed by Royal Caribbean Cruises was injured while performing aboard the Voyager of the Seas off […]