The Sun Sentinel newspaper in Fort Lauderdale reports that passengers aboard the Island Princess cruise ship are experiencing symptoms of gastrointestinal illness, according to a spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”). The Princess cruise ship is scheduled to return
Interview with a Probate Lawyer: Mark R. Manceri
Mark R. Manceri of Fort Lauderdale, Florida was on the winning side of Jervis v. Tucker, — So.3d —-, 2012 WL 385518 (Fla. 4th DCA February 08, 2012), a case I wrote about here.
I invited Mark to share some
Ruby Princess Latest Cruise Ship to Battle Norovirus
Princess Cruises’ Ruby Princess cruise ship experienced a norovirus outbreak with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reporting that 129 passengers 9 crewmembers suffered gastrointestinal illness. The Ruby Princess was on a 7 day cruise from February 26
Norovirus Update: Celebrity Constellation Cruise Ship is Latest to Join List of Sick Ships
A number of cruisers have been contacting our office asking about a sickness outbreak aboard the Celebrity Cruises’ Constellation cruise ship. The Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) officially placed the Constellation on its vessel sanitation list of ships with sickness. The
Allure of the Seas “Rescues” Migrants Fleeing Cuba
The Miami Herald reports that Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas stopped to pick up nine Cubans (eight men and one woman) as the cruise ship sailed back to Fort Lauderdale around 2 p.m. today. The newspaper indicates that the migrants had been at
Norovirus Aboard Celebrity Solstice Kills Father of Eight
Courthouse News Service reports that a lawsuit has been filed against Celebrity Cruises for the death of a father of eight after he died from incompetent medical care for norovirus he contracted during a vacation cruise aboard the Celebrity Solstice.
The lawsuit alleges that Joseph
Drug Bust on MSC Poesia Cruise Ship
Federal and local agents with K-9 dogs raided the MSC Poesia earlier this week looking to arrest passengers with drugs. The Orlando Sentinel reports that officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S.Marshals Service, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Broward Sheriff’s Office participated
Royal Caribbean: In A Better Place?
CCN Travel has an interesting article this morning “Cruise Line Chief: We’re in a Better Place.” The cruise line’s President Adam Goldstein talks about the “enormous excitement” generated by its two new mega cruise ships, the Oasis of the
Syndromes, Cellphones, and ROCs
I spent last Thursday and Friday in Fort Lauderdale attending the Thirty-Fifth Institute on Condominium and Cluster Developments presented by the University of Miami School of Law. I’ll be posting future blog entries about several of the topics covered at