Accidents and assaults on cruise ships and cruise ship excursions can result in a wide range of injuries. These injuries may be caused by negligence (accidents) or by intentional misconduct of the cruise line or staff (such as rape, sexual assault, battery, and even statutory rape).
Cruise ship injury claims may include:
- Wrongful death
- Traumatic brain injury
- Burn injuries
- Spinal cord injuries
- Broken bones including fractures of the arm, shoulder, elbow, wrist, leg, hip, pelvis, ankle, foot, ribs, back vertebrae
- torn cartilage, tendons, ligaments and muscle
- permanent nerve damage
- loss of hearing
- loss of taste
- loss of vision
- loss of feeling (i.e., numbness)
- loss of sense of smell
- permanent lung capacity reduction
- neurogenic bladder
- reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) also known as complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
- herniated discs resulting in chronic and radiating pain requiring surgeries
- post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- aggravation of pre existing medical conditions, injuries, disabilities, and illnesses including multiple sclerosis and physical injuries or illnesses
- aggravation of pre-existing psychological conditions, injuries, disabilities, and illnesses such as bipolar disorder and others.
CALL US FIRST. CALL US NOW. HERE IS WHY:
You must give notice of a cruise ship injury claim within 6 months or 180 days of the injury. We do that for our clients and evaluate whether the cruise line has been prejudiced if you did not do that.
You must file your cruise ship injury lawsuit within 1 year of the accident.
You must file your cruise ship injury lawsuit 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 claims 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 a cruise ship injury claim, please call Miami cruise ship injury attorney of Jack Hickey, at 800.215.7117 or submit an online questionnaire. Your initial consultation with Miami cruise ship injury attorney Jack Hickey is free of charge, and if we agree to handle your case, in most cases we will work on a contingency fee basis. Please call right away to ensure that you do not waive your right to possible compensation.