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Girl who fell off Disney cruise "was not being held" by father at time of incident, authorities sayJuly 01, 2025
South Florida law enforcement is investigating after a 5-year-old girl fell overboard from a Disney Dream cruise ship Sunday, prompting her father to jump into the ocean after her.
Miami Herald
Cruise passenger says she was sexually assaulted by a DJ, and takes case to Miami courtMarch 19, 2025
A passenger on a Princess cruise that stopped in Port Everglades says she was sexually assaulted in her room by a crew member after a night of music and dancing in a ship lounge.
Inside Edition
2 Women Sexually Assaulted at Bahamas ResortFebruary 08, 2024
Mirror
Two women claim they were drugged and raped by staff at Bahamas resort during cruise February 08, 2024
Two women from Kentucky have hit out at a cruise company for failing to warn them about dangers in the Bahamas after they claim they were drugged and raped
CVN Courtroom View Network
$5M Verdict in Tobacco Trial Over Death of Man Who Was Cigarette-Free for More Than a DecadeJanuary 24, 2023
Miami, FL— A Florida jury handed down a $5 million verdict against Philip Morris Friday after concluding a Florida man died from lung cancer caused by the company’s Marlboro cigarettes.
KFF Health News
How Cruise Ship Passengers Should Prepare For Sickness Or Injury At SeaSeptember 20, 2019
Royal Caribbean’s gargantuan Oasis of the Seas boasts four outdoor pools and an 82-foot zip line and made quite a splash shortly after its 2014 refurbishment when it added the first Tiffany & Co boutique at sea.
CVN Courtroom View Network
Jury Hands Down $750K Verdict But Finds Smoker 70% Responsible for COPD at Trial Against RJR & PMDecember 18, 2018
Fort Myers, FL— A $750,000 verdict jurors handed down against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies for the respiratory disease a long-time smoker developed will likely take a cut after the jury apportioned the lion’s share of responsibility to the smoker herself.
WLRN Public Media
Cruise Passengers Call For Regulation, Industry DisagreesJuly 28, 2014
A bill that would lead to better protections for cruise passengers has yet to move forward in Congress.
U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation
The Cruise Passenger Protection Act (S.1340): Improving Consumer Protections for Cruise PassengersJuly 23, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Sen. John D. (Jay) Rockefeller, IV, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today announced a Full Committee hearing on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at 2:45 p.m. titled, “The Cruise Passenger Protection Act (S.1340): Improving Consumer Protections for Cruise Passengers.”
