About Our Attorney

Cruise Ship Injury Attorney

Hickey Law Firm, P.A., is dedicated to helping Florida injury victims of all types, and cruise ship injury victims from all over the U.S. and around the world. Attorney John H. (Jack) Hickey has a special affinity for cruise ship injury victims, after spending over 17 years defending the cruise lines and seeing first-hand how they put passengers in harm’s way to save a buck, and the lengths to which they will go to avoid paying just compensation for the harm their negligence causes. Today, Mr. Hickey dedicates himself to using this knowledge and experience in helping cruise ship injury victims including both passengers and crew members.

Florida Cruise Ship Attorney for Victims Worldwide

No matter where you live, if you were injured on one of the below cruise lines, you should retain a Miami-based attorney when pursuing a cruise ship injury claim. You may not have noticed, but the fine print on most cruise tickets tells you where you must file your lawsuit. Florida is usually designated for cases which can be held in the U.S. Cruise lines which require passengers to file their claims in Florida include:

• Carnival
• Celebrity
• Costa
• Norwegian
• Royal Caribbean

Hickey Law Firm, P.A. represents cruise ship victims from anywhere in the nation and around the world. We speak both English and Spanish.

Fighting for Your Safety

Cruise ship injury attorney Jack Hickey and the entire staff of the Hickey Law Firm, P.A. have more than 64 years of combined experience and are dedicated to creating meaningful changes in the cruise lines, making cruises safer for passengers. Every time we help a cruise ship injury victim receive just compensation from a cruise line, we chip away at the profitability of unsafe policies and practices. It is working. The cruise lines have made some changes, but they still have a long way to go.

Mr. Hickey is Board Certified as a trial lawyer by The Florida Bar and by the National Board of Trial Advocates.  He is a Past President of the Dade County Bar Association and currently serves on the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar.  He is rated AV (the highest rating) by Martindale Hubbell and has obtained numerous multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. Here are just two examples of favorable outcomes he has achieved for cruise ship injury victims he has represented:

• $3.389 million for a former cruise ship first officer against Royal Caribbean Cruise Line for claims of negligence and unseaworthiness
• $650,000 for slip and fall, on a cruise ship, resulting in permanent mid-carpal ligament damage to the right hand of a chiropractor

CALL US FIRST.  CALL US NOW.  HERE IS WHY:

You must give notice of a claim within 6 months or 180 days of the accident.  We do that for our clients and evaluate whether the cruise line has been prejudiced if you did not do that.

You must file suit within 1 year of the accident.

You must file suit in the city and the court where the ticket requires.  For Carnival Cruise Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, and Celebrity Cruise Line that place is Miami, Florida.   That is why you should call us first and call us now.  We are in Miami.  Miami cruise ship injury attorney Jack Hickey has been involved in cruise line claims for 32 years.   The call is free and without obligation:  800.215.7117.