Legal

Anthem of the Seas Passenger Files Suit Against Royal Caribbean

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Alina Machado, CNN The first lawsuit was filed against Royal Caribbean over the decision to sail the Anthem of the Seas cruise ship despite a predicted winter storm earlier this month, according to court documents provided to CNN. Passenger Bruce Simpson says...

Judge Throws Out Jury Verdict In Cruise Lawsuit

A federal judge in Seattle recently threw out a $21.5 million jury verdict awarded to a man from Illinois in a lawsuit against Holland America cruise line. James R. Hausman sued the Seattle-based cruise line after a sliding glass door malfunctioned by hitting his...

Cruise Ship Pool Deck: How Slippery is Too Slippery?

By Hon. Thomas A. Dickerson of eturbonews.com A substantial number of accidents aboard cruise ships involve slips, trips and falls on liquids including spilled beverages and rainwater on pool decks and elsewhere . Should a lawsuit be filed by an injured passenger alleging that the...

How Much Power Does Your Driver’s License Have Worldwide?

by Tom Bastek of travelpulse.com If an international road trip is in your future, you should probably have a good idea about whether or not your driver’s license actually has any kind of restrictions or reciprocity at all in the countries you are going to visit.  To help...

Cruise Line Wins Landmark Norovirus Case

by maritime-executive.com In what is being seen as a landmark decision, Hill Dickinson is the first law firm to have successfully defended a U.K. class action case involving a norovirus outbreak onboard a cruise liner. The case, which involved an outbreak of gastroenteritis onboard the Thomson Spirit, chartered by...