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Americans Traveling on Foreign Cruises Reap Benefit from Athens Convention Overhaul

January 22, 2015 Cruise Ship Passenger Injury Law

Most American are unaware that international law caps damages for passengers who are hurt or die on cruises that leave from, call on and return to foreign ports. Adopted in 1974, the Athens Convention was intended to consolidate two earlier conventions addressing passenger injuries and luggage losses. Nearly every American […]