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6/29/2006 5:49:00 PM | 1994 Outbreak on Cruise Ship Horizon Results in Jury Award to ... 
=(0) The recent spate of gastrointestinal virus outbreaks on cruise ships is not a new phenomenon; in 1994 there was an outbreak of the far more dangerous Legionnaires' Disease on a Celebrity Cruise Line ship. Sixteen passengers on nine separate departures were affected, with one death. Passengers filed individual and class action lawsuits aga...
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6/16/2006 7:26:00 PM | Sunscreen May Give False Sense of Protection Against Cancer =(0) Being exposed to the sun is not a good idea, even if you do wear sunscreen. While sunscreens offer some protection against sunburn, their protection against the cancer-causing rays (UVA) is less effective, and using sunscreen can even be counterproductive if you stay out longer because you feel protected. Lawsuits have been filed against...
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6/15/2006 11:23:00 AM | State suing cruise line over Bermuda trip diverted to Canada =(0) The State of New Jersey is suing Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines after it changed the destination of a cruise from Bermuda to Atlantic Canada because of stormy weather, and refused to refund passengers if they elected not to go. They also allegedly refused to refund the difference in cost of a cruise to Canada compared to Bermuda except for port fees ...
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6/10/2006 2:25:00 AM | Passengers, crew fall sick with Norwalk-type virus =(0) A Celebrity Cruise ship sailing from Seattle to Alaska was affected with the gastrointestinal virus that has been cropping up on cruise ships worldwide. It is generally suspected that the virus is brought on board by a passenger, and spreads quickly in close quarters. Those who fell ill were quarantined to their cabins until they recovere...
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6/3/2006 2:30:00 AM | Allstate cuts quake coverage =(0) Allstate Insurance will discontinue earthquake insurance for over 400,000 policies in the US, and no longer offers new optional earthquake coverage for property insurance. The company has made similar decisions about hurricane policies in Florida and New York. It is part of Allstate's policy of reducing the company's exposure to high-risk disa...
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5/31/2006 8:02:00 PM | Second cruise ship struck by virus =(0) Two reports recently of cruises hit with norovirus outbreaks have affected the British cruise industry. The most recent, the Sea Princess which sailed from Southampton, had to cut short its Mediterranean tour because of the acute, violent gastroenteritis outbreak. The cruise line has offered passengers a 30% refund. ...
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5/31/2006 10:56:00 AM | St. Bernard council opts out of class action suit =(0) The Council of St. Bernard Parish in Louisiana has decided to opt out of a class action lawsuit against Murphy Oil U-S-A. Twenty-seven pending lawsuits were consolidated into the class action which claims damages to homes as a result of a crude oil leak from an oil refinery immediately following Hurricane Katrina. Those opting out of the ...
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5/29/2006 10:32:00 PM | 'A Little Sting' Can Become a Debilitating Injury =(0) This relates a personal experience of nerve injury to the arm caused by routine drawing of blood for testing. After more than a year of pain and disability in the arm, the author finally found a doctor who was familiar with the risk and surgery was performed. Some disability remains, and the author cautions that if you suspect a blood dra...
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5/27/2006 10:38:00 PM | Couple Gets $13M in Tornado Damage Suit =(0) In a case that could be seen as encouraging to last year's hurricane victims, a couple won a $13 million judgement against State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. in Oklahoma for tornado-related damages. It was part of a class-action suit claiming that State Farm intentionally underpaid policyholders after tornados destroyed their homes in 1999. A...
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5/22/2006 10:34:00 PM | Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in NY in Lake George Capsizing =(0) One more wrongful death lawsuit has been filed because of the tourboat accident on Lake George NY last fall. The Ethan Allen capsized with 47 senior citizens from Michigan and Ohio on board, and 20 died. The estate of Stephanie Christine Przybylski filed the recent suit, against Shoreline Cruise Inc, and the boat's captain, and other def...
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5/15/2006 9:08:00 AM | Suing a cruise line may require a 2nd trip =(0) Residents of coastal areas in the US outside of Florida who take cruises from local ports may have a problem if they later have occasion to sue the cruiseline. Many cruiselines can only be sued in the State of Florida, as that is their home base. That means that plaintiffs, witnesses, experts, and anyone else who must testify has to physi...
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5/6/2006 11:41:00 AM | European Commission Finds Sunscreen Labels Misleading and ... =(0) The European Commission reports that it has found sunscreen labels to be misleading in the type of benefit claimed and that consumers are potentially at "dangerous" risk. Words such as "sunblock" imply that the suns rays are blocked, where in reality only certain rays are, and usually not the ones that cause skin cancer. The Commission is...
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4/29/2006 8:07:00 AM | Report urges disaster planning =(0) An independent agency, the Little Hoover Commission, warns that California lacks a plan for a catastrophic emergency. The report, sent to the State Government, outlines the problems and suggests solutions. Disaster preparedness is spread among different agencies throughout the state, resulting in disorganization and overlap, the report s...
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4/27/2006 5:04:00 AM | Flint-area family blames man's death on cruise company =(0) The family of a 21 year old man who died last year following an illness on a cruise ship is planning to sue the cruise line, Carnival Corp. He became ill with norovirus, a gastro-intestinal ailment that stems from improper sanitation among food handlers, and died of complications shortly after returning home. A Carnival spokesman said not...
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4/26/2006 5:31:00 PM | Hoeven asks Congress to improve crop insurance programs =(0) North Dakota Governor John Hoeven wants crop insurance legislation to become part of the next six-year farm bill, with changes designed to improve compensation to farmers affected by weather disasters. He is also asking the Senate for $4 billion in agricultural disaster assistance because currently available farm insurance programs are inadequ...
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4/26/2006 6:12:00 AM | Insurers canceling coastal policies =(0) Many insurance companies are canceling or refusing to sell policies to homeowners all along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. In Florida, more than a half million homeowners policies are in jeopardy, while in Mississippi, premiums are expected to rise by 400%. A combination of recent and forecast hurricane activity and in...
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4/20/2006 8:04:00 PM | Canadian Woman Sues NCL for Death of Husband on 2005 Cruise =(0) A Canadian woman is suing Norwegian Cruise Lines over the death of her husband during a cruise in April 2005. She claims his abdominal illness was wrongly diagnosed and that his evacuation to a medical facility in Mexico was delayed. Furthermore the treatment he received there was inadequate. He ultimately bled to death from an esophageal...
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4/19/2006 12:49:00 PM | Risk of stomach bug is greater on longer cruises, study finds =(0) A new study finds that the relative risk of contracting a stomach virus on a cruise rises with the length of the trip. The illness rate (per passenger-day) almost doubled for a two to three week cruise as compared to a cruise of a week or less. The virus in question, norovirus, probably comes on the ship with passengers or crew who are al...
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4/12/2006 3:16:00 PM | SAT Scoring Debacle Prompts Apology by College Board President =(0) The President of the College Board has apologized for the scoring errors on the October 2005 SAT Exams. Over 5000 students are known to be affected; while a few received higher grades than they should have, most were downgraded, some by as much as 25%. This may have drastically altered many of these students' lives, regarding college admi...
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4/8/2006 5:15:00 PM | First Suit Over SAT Scoring Errors =(0) A Minnesota high school student has become the first to file a lawsuit against the College Board and Pearson Educational Measurement, concerning the scoring errors that occurred on this year's SAT exams. The intent is to make this into a class action suit. The errors are blamed on quality control issues, the result of a sharply increased ...
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