Personal Injury Law

Woman, 88, Rescued After Fall On Cruise Ship

Posted on May 16, 2010
Woman Fell Down Stairs, Medevaced To A.C. Hospital The U.S. Coast Guard released video Monday of an 88-year-old woman being rescued after she fell down a stairwell on a cruise ship at sea. The Coast Guard says the incident occurred...

Royal Caribbean to scale back art auctions on cruise ships

Posted on May 12, 2010
Royal Caribbean is dropping the company that runs its on-board art auctions, Park West, and may eliminate art auctions entirely from its ships. That's the word from Royal Caribbean CEO Adam Goldstein, who wrote on his blog Tuesday that art...

Cruise Ship Wedding: A Sinking Ship

Posted on May 10, 2010
Andrew and Emily Pidgeon, of Palm Bay, were expecting a sensation of a wedding aboard the Carnival Sensation. "It was just so exciting, such a happy moment, and all that was just taken away," Emily said. The Pidgeons had booked...

Pregnant woman hoisted from cruise ship into Coast Guard helicopter off Port Everglades

Posted on May 10, 2010
Pregnant woman hoisted from cruise ship into Coast Guard helicopter off Port Everglades PORT EVERGLADES ? A U.S. Coast Guard crew hoisted a pregnant woman from a cruise ship into a helicopter flying high above after getting a call she...

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Cruise ship worker goes overboard near Puerto Rico

Posted on May 06, 2010
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a Royal Caribbean cruise ship worker who climbed over the ship?s railings as it traveled past Puerto Rico, officials said Thursday. After crew members reported him missing on Wednesday night, officials reviewed the...

Cruise Ship Art Auctioneer Park West Loses

Posted on April 22, 2010
A Michigan jury rules in favor of Fine Art Registry who claims cruise ship art auctioneers have been selling fraudulent works. Last night a Michigan jury ruled unanimously in favor of Phoenix, AZ-based Fine Art Gallery in a lawsuit brought...

Dozens hurt after cruise ship lists

Posted on April 22, 2010
Sixty passengers on a Carnival cruise ship have been treated for minor injuries after the ship listed suddenly to avoid an object in the water, a Carnival spokeswoman said. The ship listed 12 degrees to the right to avoid hitting...

At least 11 workers sought after oil rig explosion in Gulf

Posted on April 21, 2010
Helicopters, ships and an airplane searched waters off Louisiana's coast today for at least 11 workers missing after an explosion and fire that left an offshore drilling platform tilting in the Gulf of Mexico. Most of the 126 people were...

Two killed as giant waves hit Mediterranean cruise ship

Posted on April 04, 2010
Two people have been killed and six injured as giant waves slammed into a cruise ship in the Mediterranean. A spokesman for owner Louis Cruises said three "abnormally high" waves broke windows in the front of the ship. The Louis...

Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship employee

Posted on April 02, 2010
A MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Sector San Diego medically evacuated a cruise ship employee 212 miles south of San Diego Friday afternoon. Aboard the aircraft, the flight surgeon and aircrew provided medical care to the patient....

Bomb hoax delays cruise ship off Florida

Posted on March 28, 2010
A Carnival cruise ship was held off the Florida coast for several hours on Sunday while authorities searched the vessel and arrested a drunk passenger on bomb hoax charges, the Coast Guard said. No explosives or hazardous materials were found...

Cruise Liner Pollution Kills Up to 8,300 People a Year in US and Canada, Says EPA

Posted on March 22, 2010
Newly proposed restrictions would limit the amount of pollution cruise liner ships can emit in waters 200 miles around the coast of the US and Canada. The proposal is about to be adopted by the UN's International Maritime Organization, and...

Coming and Going: Violent crime is up in the Bahamas

Posted on March 14, 2010
Crime wave Bahamas-bound travelers, beware. Crime in the popular tourist destination is on the upswing, especially on New Providence Island, where the capital city, Nassau, is located. And we're not talking just petty thefts or purse-snatching, but far more serious...

Huge Waves Hit Cruise Ship (VIDEO): Cruise Travelers Discuss Deadly Waves

Posted on March 04, 2010
BARCELONA, Spain ? The Mediterranean was heaving as the 68-year-old Italian stood in the cruise ship lounge. A moment later a monstrous wave shattered the windows and sent shards into her head, leaving her bleeding on the floor and calling...

Two killed as giant waves hit Mediterranean cruise ship

Posted on March 04, 2010
Two people have been killed and six injured as giant waves slammed into a cruise ship in the Mediterranean. A spokesman for owner Louis Cruises said three "abnormally high" waves broke windows in the front of the ship. The Louis...

Egypt: 3 crew members die in cruise liner accident

Posted on February 26, 2010
AL-ARISH, Egypt ? A luxury cruise liner carrying nearly 1,500 passengers slammed into the pier as it docked Friday at an Egyptian Red Sea resort in fierce winds, leaving three crew members dead, officials said. The ship's owner, Costa Crociera,...

Tiger Woods is being sued after former deckhand loses fingers in accident on yacht

Posted on February 24, 2010
Disgraced golfing ace Tiger Woods is being sued by a former deckhand whose fingers were chopped off in an accident aboard his £10 million super yacht. A lawsuit filed in Palm Beach County, Florida, is reportedly demanding unspecified damages following...

Coast Guard continues to search for overboard cruise ship crew member

Posted on February 21, 2010
The U.S. Coast Guard will resume searching for a missing Japanese cruise ship member who went overboard the Pacific Venus on Saturday when it was south of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, according to officials. The ship, on its way back...

Woman reportedly killed aboard cruise ship

Posted on February 20, 2010
GALVESTON - The Police News learned late Saturday that an investigation is underway into the death of a woman aboard the Carnival ship Ecstasy. According to our sources a 32-year old Brazoria County woman and her fiancee set sail earlier...

Carbon monoxide sickens members of cruise ship crew

Posted on February 14, 2010
Fire department, hazmat team look for the cause Seven crew members aboard a cruise ship headed to Baltimore on Saturday were sickened by carbon monoxide poisoning, rescue officials said. Fire department crews and a hazmat team met the Celebrity Mercury...

SD Coast Guard teams perform 2 medevacs

Posted on January 23, 2010
SAN DIEGO ? The Coast Guard airlifted an ill passenger from a cruise ship off Point Loma Friday night in stormy sea conditions. The ship, MS Maasdam, was about 55 miles south of Point Loma when Coast Guard Sector San...

Cruise ship passenger murdered during port call in Antigua

Posted on January 22, 2010
A 30-year-old American woman sailing in the Caribbean this week on a Star Clippers cruise ship was murdered during a port call in Antigua. In a statement issued today to USA TODAY, Star Clippers confirms several reports in small Caribbean...

Report urges cruise industry to clean up its act

Posted on January 15, 2010
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. ? A new report that takes a critical look at the North American cruise ship industry is calling for stringent regulations to halt the environmental pollution caused by the massive vessels. Getting a Grip on Cruise Ship...

Maritime Lawyer Charles R. Lipcon Named World's Best Prosecutor of Cruise Lines

Posted on January 02, 2010
Maxim Magazine named Charles Lipcon the World's Best Prosecutor of Cruise Lines. Charles was featured in article entitled "Wet and Wild" . The article was an expose of some of the dangers on the high seas. Charles was quoted as...

Officials ID woman who jumped from Canaveral-based cruise ship

Posted on January 01, 2010
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a cruise ship passenger who government officials say jumped overboard in the Bahamas. The Coast Guard says crew members aboard Royal Caribbean?s Monarch of the Seas reported Neha Chhikara missing Thursday afternoon as...

Cruise ship passenger jumps overboard

Posted on January 01, 2010
MIAMI (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a cruise ship passenger who government officials say jumped overboard in the Bahamas. The Coast Guard says crew members aboard Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Seas reported Neha Chhikara missing...

ACS Most Common Diagnosis in CV Patients on Cruise Ships

Posted on December 28, 2009
While the holidays are a time for relaxation and travel, health emergencies can and do happen. A study of cruise ship emergencies published online December 7, 2009, ahead of print in the American Journal of Cardiology suggests patients with known...

Cruise boozing slammed

Posted on December 23, 2009
Celebrity Cruise Line has once again received flack for ?promoting a binge drinking culture? after launching an 'all you can drink' offer on a number of its cruise ships. These special packages are designed to let cruise passengers to drink...

Death toll in shipwreck in Brazil reaches seven

Posted on December 23, 2009
RIO DE JANEIRO - The number of deaths in the boat accident in the Amazon River in Brazil's northern Para state reached seven, authorities said on Tuesday. The rescue teams managed to find five bodies earlier in the day. During...

Cruise liner hit with second virus outbreak

Posted on December 22, 2009
A cruise liner stranded in Portsmouth last week after 180 passengers were struck down by a sickness bug is set to return again after a second suspected outbreak. The Fred Olsen cruise ship Boudicca, which is based at Portsmouth ferry...

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