Lucio Gonzalez started showing symptoms similar to those of a cold several days after disembarking from a cruise on the Grand Princess.
Within three weeks, he was connected to a ventilator. And on March 27, 2020, he died.
@hugomartin reports: latimes.com/business/story…
Within three weeks, he was connected to a ventilator. And on March 27, 2020, he died.
@hugomartin reports: latimes.com/business/story…
His son, Miguel, has sued Princess Cruise Lines and its parent company, alleging the companies failed to warn passengers that they risked contracting the deadly virus by boarding the ship.
“There is no doubt in my mind that he contracted it on that ship.”
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“There is no doubt in my mind that he contracted it on that ship.”
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Miguel is far from alone.
The cruise line industry faces a wave of lawsuits from passengers and their families saying they or their loved ones contracted COVID-19 on a ship, resulting in either death or severe illness. latimes.com/business/story…
The cruise line industry faces a wave of lawsuits from passengers and their families saying they or their loved ones contracted COVID-19 on a ship, resulting in either death or severe illness. latimes.com/business/story…
Maritime and corporate law makes it difficult to extract significant damages from cruise lines.
Even after a series of coronavirus outbreaks at sea and a growing number of lawsuits, the industry’s biggest players face little serious threat, experts say. latimes.com/business/story…
Even after a series of coronavirus outbreaks at sea and a growing number of lawsuits, the industry’s biggest players face little serious threat, experts say. latimes.com/business/story…
Cruise companies are not worried about the potential financial effect of such lawsuits, even if they end up losing many of the cases, said Ross A. Klein, a professor and cruise industry expert.
“It’s part of the price of doing business,” he said. latimes.com/business/story…
“It’s part of the price of doing business,” he said. latimes.com/business/story…
Activists and lawmakers have long alleged that cruise ship operators downplay onboard crimes and that investigations of them are muddied by questions of jurisdictions on international waters. latimes.com/business/story…
Cases involving a death on a ship are governed by the Death on the High Seas Act, a 1920 law that limits damages collected by the family of a passenger who died because of negligence to financial losses only — not for pain and suffering, experts say. latimes.com/business/story…
The pandemic is now demonstrating how legal constraints, and jurisdictional issues that seem to favor the cruise industry, are further complicating civil disputes over COVID-19 cases on cruise ships. latimes.com/business/story…
Judges have been tough on plaintiffs who have sued over COVID-19 infections on cruise ships, requiring the plaintiffs to detail specifically how and when they were exposed to the virus and how the cruise line was negligent, one attorney explained. latimes.com/business/story…
Many judges have also agreed that cruise lines targeted with a COVID-19 lawsuit shouldn’t be held to a stricter standard than any other place of business on land.
@hugomartin spoke with experts who explain how cruise lines have the legal upper-hand:
latimes.com/business/story…
@hugomartin spoke with experts who explain how cruise lines have the legal upper-hand:
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