As previously reported, many cruise lines including Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) have arbitration provisions in their crewmember / seafarer employment contracts. Depending upon the cruise line and when the employment contract was signed, the terms may impose foreign law to be applied to the crewmember […]
Author: Keith S. Brais
Under the Jones Act, an employer has the duty to provide its seaman employees with a reasonably safe place to work. An employer breaches that duty if it does not act with ordinary prudence. In other words, if a maritime employer disregards a danger that it knew or should have […]
It is no secret that many passengers are raped or sexually assaulted aboard cruise ships each year. This sad fact caused Congress to pass the 2010 Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act. That Act requires, among other things, all cabin doors be outfitted with peepholes, limited access to cabins by […]
Most people don’t know cruise lines have closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras recording the movements of passengers and crew in many of their ship’s common areas. CCTV videos are extremely important in cruise accident lawsuits as they confirm the plaintiff’s accident. Cruise lines, however, are hesitant to produce these videos. […]
Nearly every major cruise line operating out of the United States requires passengers injured aboard their ships to bring a lawsuit within one year of the accident. This little known fact is found in the cruise boarding pass. For example, Carnival Cruise Lines’ boarding pass provides a, “suit to recover […]
