Cruise Ship Assault Attorneys
Cruise lines have a duty to provide a safe environment for their passengers. This includes protecting them from attacks and assaults, including sexual assault, perpetrated by crew members and other passengers. Cruise ships encourage their passengers to relax and enjoy themselves, and provide the illusion of a safe and secure environment, but sometimes fail to provide the promised security. The cruise ship assault claims attorneys at Hickey Law Firm, P.A., are here to evaluate your assault claim and help you get justice and hold the cruise line accountable for the harm they caused by their negligence.
Unlike travelling to foreign locations on your own, a cruise is supposed to be a safe, contained environment with ample security staff, cameras, and monitoring. Crew members should be thoroughly screened before they are hired. Security staff should always be actively looking out for suspicious activity and situations that look like they could escalate to assault or rape, and take the appropriate action to prevent the incident or nip it in the bud.
Passengers are invited to relax and let their guard down, but the cruise lines do not always hold up their end of the bargain. All too often their negligent security and negligent hiring practices lead to rape, assault, and battery committed by crew members and passengers.
Compensation
If you or a loved one has been the victim of assault on a cruise ship you may be entitled to compensation for damages including:
- Medical expenses and future medical expenses
- Lost income and future lost income
- Lost earning capacity
- Rehabilitation and therapy
- Disability
- Disfigurement
- Physical pain and suffering
- Mental pain and suffering
- Emotional anguish
- Loss of the capacity to enjoy life
- Loss of consortium
- Wrongful death
The fine print on your cruise ticket may include a clause which gives you very little time to take action if you were injured. Please do not wait until it to too late and lose your legal right to compensation.
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.
If you or a loved one has been assaulted on a cruise ship, please call the cruise ship assault claims attorneys with Hickey Law Firm, P.A., at 800.215.7117 or submit an online questionnaire. Your initial consultation with cruise ship assault claims attorney is free of charge, and if we agree to handle your cruise ship assault lawsuit, in most cases we will work on a contingency fee basis, which means we get paid for our services only if you recover money through a settlement or a verdict.