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Royal Caribbean Cruise lines is the company that is best known for its ice skating rinks typically found in the “Studio B” area of their ships. The concept is pretty straightforward but as can be expected for a ship sailing through the muggy Caribbean or the arid Mediterranean, conditions are not exactly the same as skating in the winter in Minnesota or Alaska. Royal Caribbean has a pretty simple set of rules for passengers to keep in mind while skating.
Today, a number of Royal Caribbean cruise ships have on-board ice-skating rinks. These include:
But what happens if you are injured while ice skating on a cruise? Is the cruise line responsible for your injuries? While ice skating can be a fun and enjoyable activity, the risk of injury is very real. Some injuries can stem from bumping into other skaters on the ice. However, if the environment of the ice rink were unsafe in anyway, or crew members were not supervising the rink properly, or the skates provided were unsafe, this could be cause for a lawsuit against the cruise line. Injuries can also be caused by defective or worn out equipment worn by thousands of passengers, and it shows.
Negligent cruise lines are responsible for passenger injuries that occur both on and off the ship, including injuries sustained while enjoying any on-board recreational activity, like ice skating.
Your legal claim for injuries sustained on a cruise ship is directly controlled by the language found within the cruise line passenger’s ticket. In reality, the documents you are required to sign are actually a binding legal contract that imposes obligations on passengers that most people are unaware of.
An experienced cruise ship ice skating accident attorney will tell you those contractual terms are binding on passengers regardless of whether they actually read and understand them beforehand. These tickets contain contractual language, establishing the specific guidelines of a lawsuit against the cruise company, including the following:
Federal maritime law places a legal duty on the cruise line company to use reasonable care at all times. This duty extends to any independent contractor or individual employed by the cruise line, including any third-party recreational ice-skating vendor on the ship.
Cruise lines have a duty of care to warn passengers of any dangers and risks of injury and to fix problems or hazards as soon as possible. This duty of care extends to any danger or risks that the entity knew existed or should have known existed, otherwise known as actual notice and constructive notice.
Injuries sustained on a cruise ship, must be thoroughly documented. Immediately after the accident occurs, doing the following can help maximize your recovery:
Cases such as these are not easy ones to win, and they require the assistance of experienced personal injury and maritime attorneys. At Delgado Trial Attorneys, we regularly fight for the rights of injured cruise ship passengers in situations like these.
Time is of the essence, when filing a lawsuit against one of the major cruise lines. These claims must be filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Passengers have just one year from the date of the accident to file a claim. It is important that you hire an attorney experienced in handling cruise injuries in order to successfully recover damages to compensate for an injury sustained while onboard a cruise ship.
The Miami-based cruise ship passenger accident law firm of Delgado Trial Attorneys possess a skill set that few other maritime injury attorneys can claim. Specifically, their diverse professional experience including Raul G. Delgado II’s extensive experience defending insurance companies and the major cruise lines and preparing their trial strategies for years before beginning to represent accident victims in Florida and cruise ship passengers and crew members injured because of negligence. Coupled with Raul G. Delgado’s 44 years of personal injury experience fighting on behalf of injured accident victims throughout Florida, Delgado Trial Attorneys offers a combination of experience in all types of cruise ship personal injuries unlike any of their competitors.
This diverse experience allows our attorneys to effectively strategize and advocate for every client we represent. We have handled all types of cruise ship passenger accidents over the years with a focus on slip, trip and falls, medical malpractice, FlowRider accidents, sexual assaults, Death on the High Seas, and more. Contact our law firm today for a free case evaluation. Virtual sign-ups available.
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