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Useful links related to cruise sexual assaults
Information provided by cruise ship rapes attorneys at Hickey Law Firm PA
Below are various links to websites, news sites, legal cases, and laws related to maritime law and cruise rapes.
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| Maritime Statutes, Treaties, and Conventions
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Maritime Law Publications
- Admiralty Law News - Published by the Law Journal Extra; contains admiralty law case summaries.
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Maritime Cases
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"The Coconut Case" - A passenger sues for head injuries caused by a "Coco-Loco" tropical drink dropped from an upper deck. The Court discusses the issue of the cruise line's "actual" or "constructive" notice of potential dangers to passengers.
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"The Sofa-Bed Case" - A passenger trips on a sofa-bed blocking the bathroom, and sues the cruise line for negligence. The Court discusses the definition of "reasonable care under the circumstances."
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Carnival Cruise Lines v. Shute - The text of the United States Supreme Court decision interpreting Carnival's forum selection clause in cruise passenger tickets, requiring passengers to sue in Florida.
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Travel Law and Consumer Law Articles - Links to travel-related and consumer legal sites sponsored by Judge Thomas Dickerson, including summaries of cases involving accidents and injuries while travelling abroad; includes reference to Travel Law Book by Judge Dickerson.
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Medical Issues on Cruise Ships
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New York Times Articles on Cruise Ship Medical Care - The NY Times published two articles dated October 31, 1999 entitled "Getting Sick on a Cruise May Mean Medical Care With Few Standards" and "Getting Sick on the High Seas: A Question of Accountability." (These articles are online for a short period of time. Viewers will need to sign on, search the archives, and pay a nominal fee to access the NY Times articles)
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| Passengers with Disabilities
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Injuries, Accidents, and Physical and Sexual Assaults on Cruise Passengers
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Cruise Ship Fires and Collisions
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National Transportation Safety Board Publications
- NTSB Marine Accident Reports - NTSB reports regarding collisions, sinkings, groundings, and fires involving passenger ships, freighters, tankers, and other vessels from 1971 to 1997.
- NTSB Marine Studies - NTSB studies regarding watercraft safety, accidents involving foreign passenger ships operating from US ports, post-accident testing for alcohol and drugs, and other issues from 1963 to 1999.
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Vessel Safety, Illegal Dumping, & Unsanitary Conditions
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Powerboats & Sailboat Forum
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Environmental Issues Regarding Cruise Ships
- Royal Caribbean Fined 1 Million Dollars, Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Pollution Records, "We Are a Very Different Company Now."
- Royal Caribbean Fined 8 Million Dollars, "It Won't Happen Again."
- Royal Caribbean Fined 18 Million Dollars, Pleads Guilty to 21 Felony Accounts for Dumping Oil and Chemicals and Lying to Coast Guard, Says "Our Days of Polluting the Seas are Over," Stay Tuned . . .
- "Slick Justice - How the U.S. Brought Royal Caribbean to Account for Dumping Oil at Sea"
- "How the Sovereign of the Seas Did It" - A photographic view of Royal Caribbean's illegal by-pass system used to dump oil and chemicals into the sea.
- Attorney General Janet Reno Press Conference on RCCL Dumping
- . . . if people flim-flam us, they should expect the consequences . . .
- . . . at t he same time that their ships were sailing into the inland passage of Alaska, one of the most sensitive and beautiful eco-systems in our nation, their crew members were wearing buttons that said, 'Save the waves.' That's what they were wearing above deck. Below deck, business as usual was going on and oily contaminated bilge water was being dumped overboard . . ."
- Cruising for Trouble - Stemming the Tide of Cruise Ship Pollution
- "Gaps in Sea Laws Shield Pollution by Cruise Lines" New York Times article by Douglas Frantz.
- Cruise Ship Environmental Violations From 1993 to 1998, cruise ships were involved in 104 confirmed cases of illegal discharges of oil, garbage, and hazardous wastes.
- "Scandal at Sea" - Documentary Over the past decade, popular cruise lines have been involved in over 100 confirmed cases of illegal dumping into U.S. and international waters.
- "Royal Mess" - A local community's view of cruise ship discharge in Alaskan waters.
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General Maritime Information
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Cruise Line Cams
- Web Cams for Princess Cruise Ships - Enjoy the bridge mounted cams from the Grand Princess, Crown Princess, Sea Princess, Dawn Princess, Sky Princess, Sun Princess, and the Regal Princess; also includes include the cams only for Royal Caribbean, Carnival, and Norwegian Cruise Lines.
- Virtual Tour of RCCL's Voyager of the Seas - Visit Royal Caribbean's newest passenger ship which arrived in Miami in November.
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Cruise Line Information - "Unofficial Sites"
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Legal Links
Business and Finance Links
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