Jury awards injured trumpet player $1.7 million 
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: June 25, 2010
Tags: cruise ship litigation, slip and fall
A professional musician injured nine years ago on a cruise ship stage has won a $1.7 million verdict against Royal Caribbean.
Federal cruise ship bill pending in Congress
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: October 15, 2009
Tags: cruise ship litigation
Federal legislation navigating its way through Congress is aimed at improving safety measures and the reporting of crimes on passenger cruise ships.
Plaintiffs are cruising to the courtroom
By:
Reni Gertner
Published: May 8, 2006
Tags: cruise ship litigation
In the state of Florida, a small group of lawyers has made it their mission to sail the world’s biggest cruise lines into the courtroom.
While many of the slip-and-fall, repetitive stress or other personal injury complaints that arise on ships might seem just the same as any other land-based negligence cases, these attorneys say that taking on Carnival, Royal Caribbean or any other big cruise line is really a whole other ballgame.
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