Cruise Ship Negligence

Cruise ship accidents, rape, or cruise ship injury, and cruise ship death is caused by cruise ship negligence and recklessness by cruise ship operators who are liable for negligent premises liability and breach of contract. These injuries are on the rise and require special knowledge of maritime and local laws. Cruise lines often believe they are outside our laws and fail to act reasonably. Ehline wants to prove them wrong. Contact our experienced cruise ship negligence attorneys and get justice now!

Many commercial ships have rules that require you to file a claim within a few months, or you can't sue in court! If you or a loved one a passenger on a Princess Cruise Liner, or someone who was injured on a Carnival cruise ship, Canaveral cruise line, Celebrity cruise line, Commodore cruise line, Costa cruise line, Cunard cruise line, Disney cruise line, Norwegian cruise line, Princess cruise line, Radisson cruise line, Renaissance cruise line, Royal Caribbean cruise line, Seaborne cruise line, and cruise ships like SilverSea Cruise Lines, or another cruise line, you may be barred from suing under admiralty law. They are allowed to use passenger tickets to limit the normal three year statute of limitations. For example, they are allowed to use a forum selection clause making the port of departure the only legal venue for an injury claim to be litigated. Most of the major ocean liners are based in Los Angeles, California, designate Los Angeles, California, as the legal venue where a cruise line may be sued.

This means that if a cruise ship passenger sues a shipping line somewhere else, in a far off jurisdiction like Florida for example, and ignores the forum selection clause, the law suit will typically be dismissed. If that happens, and the one year statute has already expired, the passenger will be left with no legal recovery against the cruise line at all! Our California law firm has highly aggressive, experienced admiralty law attorneys and lawyers offering legal services in the entire State of California. Let our California law firm handle your admiralty maritime case.