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
TSA Pats Down 18-Month Asian Indian Infant
Larry Margasak writes for the Associated Press:WASHINGTON — Azaad Singh cried when he entered the glass enclosure at the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., airport for extra screening.He was patted down. His bag was searched. And then the security officer went through
Carnival Cruise Ship Bartender Arrested On Charges Of Raping 14 Year Old Passenger
The Orlando Sentinel reports today that a thirty year old Carnival crew member will be arraigned this week on allegations that he raped a 14 year old passenger aboard a Carnival’s cruise ship. Hery Krispiyanto, age 30, from Klitren, Yogykarta (Indonesia)
Cruise Law Clients – From All Over The World With Every Imaginable Problem
Local Miami news station WSVN – 7 News ran a story that a record 52,000 cruise passengers sailed to or from from Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale) on nine cruise ships today.
The news station reported that “travelers from around the globe arrived
Stevens’ Condo on the Beach
From Supreme Court correspondent, Tony Mauro, in today's Blog of Legal Times as a follow-up to Justice Stevens' surprise recusal in Stop the Beach:Was Stevens' Condo the Reason for Justice's Recusal in Fla. Property Rights Case?by Tony Mauro12-07-2009Supreme
Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas Arrives in Fort Lauderdale
Royal Caribbean’s new “Genesis” class cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas, arrived this morning in Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale, Florida).
It looks big.
Here are two videos. The first by the Miami Herald shows the arrival of the cruise ship in
SEC Charges Former CEO of Globe Tel with Accounting Fraud
The SEC filed a civil action against Timothy J. Huff ("Huff"), the former chief executive officer ("CEO") of GlobeTel Communications Corp. ("GlobeTel" or the "company"), a publicly-traded company headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, now known as Sanswire Corp. According to the complaint, Huff