Carnival crew members, particularly assistant cabin stewards, have tremendously hard jobs. On embarkation days, their work duties include turning over mattresses, changing linens, hauling garbage and handling heavy luggage for several hundred passengers within a few short hours. Such an excessive work load has resulted in several back and shoulder […]
Category: Cruise Ship Crew Member Injury Law
The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held crew members may seek punitive damages in personal injury claims if they can prove the ship owner’s misconduct in causing a ship to become unseaworthy was willful, wanton or reckless. This decision is one of an emerging trend to provide […]
The Maritime Law Association of the United States has recently included an article about a case handled by BBR in its annual publication. Founded in 1899, the MLA comprises of maritime lawyers, judges, admiralty law professors, and non-lawyers who are selected because they hold responsible positions in the maritime field […]
Sad new coming from New Orleans. Carnival Cruise Lines acknowledges a Carnival Conquest crew member died Sunday morning at the Port of New Orleans while working on the cruise ship’s exterior. The accident occurred when the crew member was performing maintenance work on the side of the vessel while the […]
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 […]
