MIAMI, FL— July 6, 2011 – At least one person is dead and seven remain missing following an unfortunate boating accident that happened in the Sea of Cortez on July 3, 2011. According to information provided by the Los Angeles Times, a fishing boat occupied by 43 people, including 27 American…
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Two Crash Victims Hospitalized Following Miami-Dade Jet Ski Accident
MIAMI, FL— July 5, 2011 – A collision involving two personal watercrafts (PWC) landed two people in the hospital on June 3, 2011. WSVN reports stated that the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is conducting a full investigation into the jet ski accident, which occurred off Surfside in Miami-Dade…
Miami Boat Accident News: Parasailing Death in Tampa Bay Area Spurs Calls for Industry Reform
MIAMI, FL— June 30, 2011 – On June 27, 2011, a South Carolina man became the second man to die in a parasailing accident in the Tampa Bay region in less than 10 months time, The Tampa Tribune reported. While Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) spokesman Gary Morse…
Miami Prosecutors Indict Mich. Man Who Ran Haitian Residential Center on Child Sex Tourism Charges
MIAMI, FL— June 29, 2011 – An American man who was accused of having unlawful sexual relations with at least eight impoverished Haitian children at the residential center that he set up in the Caribbean nation’s capital of Port-au-Prince pleaded not guilty to four counts of child sex tourism on June 23,…
Miami Boating Safety News: Coast Guard Cracks Down on Drunk Boaters in Light of July 4th Weekend
MIAMI, FL— June 27, 2011- In light of the upcoming July 4th holiday, The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) once again coordinated Operation Dry Water, in which U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) officers around the nation spent the weekend of July 24-26, 2011 cracking down on boating under…
NTSB Accident Report: Cell Phone Use Contributed to Fatal Philly Duck Boat Crash
MIAMI, FL—June 23, 2011 Nearly one year after a Ride the Ducks tour boat crashed into a barge on the Delaware River off of Philadelphia, resulting in the deaths of two Hungarian tourists, the National Transportation Safety Board began releasing their investigatory findings into the fatal Duck boat crash. According to…
Norwegian Spirit Cruise Ship Passenger Falls Overboard Into Mississippi River
MIAMI, FL— June 21, 2011 – U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) officials reported that a cruise ship passenger fell overboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Spirit vessel only three hours after the ship departed from a port in New Orleans. According to information provided by Cruise Critic via MSNBC, the NCL cruise…
Cruise Line Showed “Gross Indifference” For Passenger Safety in 2005 Toxic Gas Leak
MIAMI, FL— June 15, 2011 – A judge found Royal Caribbean Cruises negligent in the case of a September 2005 poisonous gas leak that left three cruise ship crew members dead and 19 others injured, reports NBC Los Angeles. According to Florida’s 11th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Mark Schumacher, who presided…
Florida Man Faces Reckless Operation Charge In Double-Fatal Boat Crash
MIAMI, FL— June 13, 2011 – More than one year after a boating accident claimed the life of two high school students from Middleburg, Florida, the boat operator, who happens to be the father of one of the victims, faces a first degree misdemeanor charge in relation to the crash.…
November Trial To Tackle Longstanding Issues — and Worries — About Emergencies Aboard Cruise Ships, Say Lawyers at Gerson & Schwartz
Miami, FL – June 12, 2011 – After six years of contentious pre-trial — discovery — including a court ruling that chastised the defendant, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., for withholding important information as a disabled woman’s family sought justice — a potentially landmark cruise ship injury case heads to trial. On May…