More than 100 passengers who traveled on P&O’s Ventura, a ship owned by Carnival Cruise Line, have filed suit after they say they got sick on board. Attorneys for the passengers claim there were “repeated outbreaks” of illness on the ship between April and June. About 519 passengers reported for…
Photos were published online of the damage to a cruise ship that was hit by storm-force winds while sailing from Spain to Miami. The frightening voyage resulted in the injury of at least one passenger who will be allowed to evacuate the ship for additional medical care on shore in…
A cruise passenger recently experienced a medical crisis and was successfully evacuated. However, in the experience of Leesfield & Partners, such evacuations are not always granted. When they are denied, it often results in serious harm to the passenger’s health. One reason a cruise ship might deny a passenger a…
A utility task vehicle (UTV) cruise ship excursion in the Bahamas became deadly following the tragic death of an Illinois passenger. Now, the man’s friend who was driving the vehicle is facing felony charges. James Darling, 21, of Park Forest, Illinois, was recently charged with vehicular manslaughter in the death…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a report detailing two separate outbreaks of Legionnaires’ Disease linked to cruise ships on different cruise lines. The report’s findings say that the two ships, which were referred to as only “Ship A” and “Ship B,” had outdoor, private hot…
Despite great reviews calling Joshua Jackson a “miracle worker” for pulling off the antics shown in his new show, Doctor Odyssey, which follows the adventures of a cruise ship doctor, Leesfield & Partners knows the bleak reality and its consequences for passengers. In nearly five decades of personal injury practice…
A woman was taken into custody by police when her cruise ship docked at PortMiami after police accused her of assaulting another passenger. Kelli Lyn Ryan, 49, of Huntsville, Alabama, was charged with battery on a person 65 years old or older. A person convicted of this charge in Florida…
After TikTok couple Matt and Abby Howard received pushback from their millions of followers for showing themselves allegedly leaving their children in a cabin unattended while watching them on a baby monitor, Royal Caribbean updated its banned items list to include the devices. “Baby monitors are not allowed to be…
An 8-year-old was, thankfully, evacuated from a cruise ship in a medical emergency this week after ship doctors determined he was suffering from appendicitis. For many others who are suffering from medical emergencies such as strokes or heart attacks, a much-needed evacuation is not always on the docket. In many…
Popular Tiktokers Matt & Abby Howard have come under fire for a video they posted to their millions of followers seemingly showing them leaving their toddlers in two separate cabins aboard a cruise ship so that they could enjoy dinner, child-free. The video, posted to Abby Howard’s Instagram story which…