Cruise Ship Injuries

When you sign up to take a trip on a cruise ship, you expect blue skies, calm seas, a tropical drink in your hand and a lot of rest and relaxation. No one who takes a cruise-ship vacation expects their trip to end in tragedy.However, for nearly 300 people in the last...

After her hand was crushed during a 2008 fire safety drill, a crewman sued Royal Caribbean International and won a $20.3 million verdict in June 2018. But the case isn’t as simple as that.Lisa Spearman, a New Zealand native, was a marketing and revenue manager...

The long-awaited Coast Guard report on the 2015 sinking of the cargo ship El Faro revealed what many had suspected. The captain and the ship’s owner were largely responsible for the tragic sinking, which resulted in 33 deaths, making it one of the largest...

If you work on the water, you are probably familiar with working hard while short on sleep. But exhaustion can affect your judgment and lead to disaster, especially when coupled with bad weather and other challenges.It now appears that crewmember fatigue was one of...