Cruise Injury Blog

Choosing the right personal injury attorney, especially as it related to specific issues in the cruise industry, is a big deal. In fact, it can be the difference between a successful case and one where you don’t get the damages or legal remedies you’re seeking – and no one wants that.

Most people don’t have a lot of experience with attorneys, much less finding one to represent them. Here are a few tips and questions you can use to help guide you to the right personal injury attorney for your needs in maritime law.

What Is a Maritime Attorney?

A maritime attorney is an attorney who specializes in the representation of maritime passengers and workers or their families in case of injury or wrongful death that may be the result of negligence while at sea or unseaworthy conditions.

Maritime laws are quite unique and

For many people, working on a cruise ship looks like a dream. If it’s yours, then when it came true, you were likely jumping for joy and imagining all the things you’d do and the places you’d see as a part of the crew.

At the end of the day, it’s important to remember that working on a cruise ship is, well, work. With that work, you have an employment contract to review and sign.

Not everyone is familiar with an employment contract, especially when working on a cruise ship for the first time. That’s why it’s vital to take your time to look over the contract and have an attorney you trust look it over.

In the meantime, here’s what you need to know about contracts for cruise ship employment and the consequences that can be faced when that contract is breached.

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Maritime law is a highly specialized area of law that requires a vast knowledge of guidelines that not just any type of attorney knows about. A perfect example of this is The Jones Act.

Are you unfamiliar with this legislation? If so, you’re certainly not alone. This important piece of maritime federal law is vital to any seaman who works aboard a vessel.

If you work on a cruise ship, learn more about The Jones Act and who qualifies for protection and rights to personal injury claim under it.

What Is The Jones Act?

The Jones Act is a federal law that provides rights to compensation for those who have become ill or been injured while working on or in connection to a vessel.

A vessel under the Act is any type of ship or boat, such as cargo ships, factory trawlers, offshore drilling

When one person is injured through the actions or negligence of another, they often must file a personal injury lawsuit in order to recoup their losses.

When one party, such as a business, is responsible for the injuries of many people, then a class action lawsuit may be the best road to take to recoup losses for everyone involved.

Royal Caribbean Faces Class Action from Investors

Royal Caribbean is facing a class-action lawsuit relating to their handling of coronavirus – but not from passengers aboard their cruise ships.

Investors are suing in a class action securities suit alleging that the cruise line was not honest about the ways COVID was impacting bookings or how safety protocols were working aboard their ships.

This group of investors, who purchased shares in February and March of 2020, maintain that they were provided false and misleading information from

It’s no secret that 2020 has been a challenging year for the hospitality industry, but there seem to be brighter times ahead. Case in point: The forging ahead of expansion projects in PortMiami for major cruise lines.

Even though the cruise line industry has hit the pause button, it’s clear that the groundwork is being laid for future endeavors. Major cruise lines such as Norwegian and Carnival have made deals to build new terminals and make gate modifications to Terminal Link Miami.

It’s exciting for many cruise line employees to see work going ahead because it indicates they’ll have jobs to go back to once the cruise industry rebounds from COVID.

Just because they’ll be excited to go back to work doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be protected on the job, though. When cruising first starts back up, COVID will still be a concern.

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Everyone across the world has been dealing with the dangers of COVID-19 for a year, which makes the recent news of an effective vaccine very welcome.

The vaccine won’t be available to everyone right away, however, so many people have months before their travel plans can be followed through with. Still, the news of the vaccine has many people who love cruising excited and the cruise line industry feeling optimistic.

Here’s what you need to know about the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, how COVID is currently being handled on cruises, and what the vaccine could mean for your travel plans.

The COVID Vaccine Roll Out

In many states, vaccines will be rolled out in three phases. First, those on the front lines of fighting the pandemic such as healthcare workers and first responders will have access to the vaccine along with residents in

As we seemingly inch closer to a viable vaccine against COVID-19, confidence in cruising increases. What you may not know is that some hardy cruisers have already been sailing over the last couple of months.

That’s right! The Center for Disease Control (CDC) mandated test cruises this fall for which cruisers volunteered to sail while cruise lines practiced new safety procedures and protocols.

The trends we see emerging in a post-COVID world include smaller cruises, small ports, and expanded safety measures. Find out more below!

More Smaller Ships Are Setting Sail

The primary message among leading medical professionals on stifling the spread of the ongoing pandemic? You guessed it — smaller groups. That applies to cruises, too.

The industry is abuzz about the jump in demand for small-ship cruising. River and luxury cruises with ships carrying 200 people or less seem to be of