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Have you been injured while on a Disney Cruise Ship? At Delgado Trial Attorneys, we have over 50 years of combined experience fighting for the rights of the injured and their families including cruise ship passengers. Above all, Delgado Trial Attorneys is committed to holding the cruise line accountable for your injuries. Injured on a Disney Cruise ship or a port excursion? Call us for a free consultation and find out if you are entitled to compensation.
Did you know that Disney Cruise Lines is really named Magical Cruise Company, Ltd? Disney Cruise Lines is a fictitious name the London based company does business under which is not uncommon for modern corporate entities.
Disney Cruise Lines operates as a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company. It was originally founded in 1996 under the name the Magical Cruise Company Limited, later changing to Disney Cruise Lines.
Disney holds just under three percent of the world’s cruising market, as measured by passengers. The company also earns just over two percent of the total revenue earned by cruise companies throughout the world.
Currently, Disney Cruise Line’s fleet includes the following ships:
However, they plan to add an additional three next-generation ships by 2025. The first vessel projected to go into service, the Disney Wish, is the only one of the three that has been named so far. It is projected to sail in the summer of 2022.
Like other oceangoing passenger vessels engaged in maritime commerce, Disney cruises has a duty of reasonable care under the circumstances. In layman’s terms, that means they are required under the general maritime law to inspect their ships for hazards, correct any dangers they know of through repairs or maintenance and warn passengers of dangers they actually or probably should know about.
Stated differently, unless you can prove that Disney failed to do one of the obligations mentioned above, you will not be able to legally establish that they were negligent. However, an experienced cruise ship passenger accident attorney will tell you that these obligations are not always apparent to the untrained eye. In fact, evidence of the negligent action or the failure to act as it relates to these obligations are difficult to prove. Moreover, they are only provable in a court of law when you can establish their relevance and their probative value.
Cruise lines like Disney have their onboard security officers investigate accidents to determine the cause moments after they learn a guest was injured onboard. If it is important enough for them to investigate the incident, why wouldn’t you?
Above all else, you have a right to know what caused your accident. You also have a right to compensation if you can prove someone else was at fault. That’s why, if you were hurt aboard a ship or in a foreign port of call on a shore excursion, you should look into what caused the accident. In fact, that is part of the service our cruise ship accident lawyers offer to all of the clients we agree to represent. This ensures each client is given the best chances of success based on the merits of their respective cases.
Investigations allow an experienced cruise ship accident lawyer to determine when an accident is just an accident or whether it was caused by another’s negligence. Without a doubt, knowing the difference is critical to successfully making a cruise ship passenger injury claim against cruise lines like Disney Cruise Lines.
Passengers who are injured while on a Disney cruise ship, tender, or in port should seek immediate medical attention for their injuries and should promptly report the incident. Many times, cruise lines count on passengers not reporting, and they will use the defense of “lack of reported incident” to fight a claim that is later filed.
Some of the most common accidents that occur on cruise ships include:
Injuries sustained on a cruise ship, must be thoroughly documented. Immediately after the accident occurs, doing the following can help maximize your recovery:
It is critical for a passenger injured because of Disney Cruise Lines’ negligence to act quickly. Accordingly, time is of the essence when making a claim and filing a lawsuit against a major cruise line like Disney Cruise Line. 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 aboard a Disney Cruise Ship.
These claims may only be filed in the circuit courts in Brevard, County Florida or in the federal US District Court for the Middle District of Florida. That’s because their home port is Port Canaveral, Florida which is about one hour east of Orlando, Florida where their theme parks are located.
The Miami-based cruise ship accident attorneys at Delgado Trial Attorneys possess a skill set that few other maritime 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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