Obtaining Financial Compensation for People Injured in Cruise Ship Accidents
Miami Florida, Cruise Ship Injuries and Liability Attorney
Not every cruise ship vacation is smooth sailing. Injuries can and do occur onboard cruise ships. And it's quite likely that the injured person and his or her family will find themselves in rocky waters when they attempt to recover money damages for even very obvious and serious injuries.
If you've suffered an injury on board a cruise ship...
You need legal advice from a personal injury lawyer with extensive experience and understanding of the unique challenges of maritime and admiralty law. These are the laws that apply when an injury or death occurs on a cruise ship at sea or in coastal waters. Without proper and prompt legal advice, you may never be able to prove the cruise ship was at fault and you may never receive the compensation you are due for your injuries and losses relating to:
- Broken bones and knee injuries from a slip and fall on a wet deck or a fall in the youth play area
- Injuries in the exercise area
- Food poisoning or scalding and burns from hot beverages
- Molestation, rape, or assault by another passenger or a crew member
- Injury or drowning from accidents while embarking or disembarking on tenders (the small boats that take you to and from shore)
- Communicable diseases related to inadequate infection control or contaminated food or water.
Contact the Miami-Dade County cruise ship injury law firm of Mark David Press, P.A...
Attorney Mark David Press is a trial attorney with more than 30 years of experience bringing personal injury cases to court. Due to the law firm's location in Miami-Dade County, he has handled many personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits against cruise ships, including Carnival Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Celebrity Ships, Oceana Cruise Line and Regency Cruise Line.
He has also successfully handled cases involving tourist boating accidents, such as fishing excursions, sailing trips, and scuba trips, when the careless or reckless operation by the captain of an ocean-going vessel lead to injury or death.
Why Must My Cruise Ship Accident Claim be Handled in Miami?
If you look very closely at the fine print on your cruise ticket, you will see that your ship, along with most of the world's cruise lines, has designated Miami, Florida, as the location where any injury claim must be handled. These provisions have been upheld by federal courts. It doesn't matter if your ship left harbor in San Diego, New York, Bermuda or New Brunswick - all personal injury and wrongful death claims must be filed in Miami-Dade Federal or State Courts.
You Must Act Quickly To Protect Your Right To Compensation for a Cruise Ship Injury
Why? Because the cruise ship ticket contract (the fine print on your ticket) shortens the Statute of Limitations for personal injury against the cruise line to one year. That's a benefit to the cruise line, not to you. You have only one year from the date of injury to file a personal injury claim for negligence AND that claim must be filed in Miami. This is true even if you are still receiving medical treatment more than a year after the accident. If you do not file a lawsuit within one year of your cruise ship injury, you will lose the right to seek compensation for your losses. This provision has been enforced by the federal courts. Contact our firm as soon as possible to discuss your case.
Can I Hold the Cruise Line Liable for Treating Me Badly After my Injury?
It's unfortunate, but we see time and time again where vacationers were treated badly by staff after a cruise ship accident caused them injury. The cruise ship fails to provide proper medical treatment and then drops the injured person at the nearest port without helping them get care or get home. The courts generally will not hold the ship financially accountable for poor treatment, but we will certainly look at whether your injuries were aggravated because of the actions or inactions of the cruise line.
Will I Need to Go to Florida to Bring Suit?
It's likely you will need to make a trip to Miami-Dade, Florida if you are required to file a suit for damages for your cruise ship accident, but there is much we can do before you need to make that trip. We regularly work with people from across the nation and across the globe. We will do everything possible to make this easy for you.
Don't delay! Contact the law office of Mark David Press as soon as possible. We will move quickly to protect your interests.
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