Often in the news, we recently have seen cruise ships infectious diseases resulting in cruise ship litigation. Especially we hear those stories involving Princess Cruise ships, such as the Coral Princess, that can result in lawsuits. There are horrid stories in the news, such as sexual assault by a cruise lines employee. Sometimes we even hear about ship violent rape and murder aboard these tour boats, or even disappearance of a person from a cruise ship. But recently too a concern is the widespread virus outbreaks such as Swine Flu. Are all these claims media sensation, or are cruise lines putting profits over people? Are cruise companies failing to clean and disinfect ships properly after a norovirus outbreak? Where can you find a qualified California cruise ship lawyer to sue for a mysterious illness, or other illnesses?
The Evidence Shows That Many People Get Sick on Cruises
Princess cruise ships lawsuits must be filed in California. Preferably, you need to retain a Los Angeles Personal injury attorney who litigates injury at sea cases. This is because normally an illness at sea becomes gastro intestinal in nature. The symptoms usually/often involve low grade fever, vomiting blood, nausea, dizziness, stomach cramps and diarrhea. One reason could be from the close proximity the passengers are in relation to one another.
Other reasons could be due to the failure to properly disinfect the cruise ship when the previous cruise resulted in an outbreak of Norovirus, a highly infectious disease. Noroviruses can be spread by people, and often from those who have had human or animal waste put in their mouth. This could be from unwashed food, bad water, like Mexican water for example, or from person to person contact like people who engage in anal intercourse, and then oral sex simultaneously.
Also on a cruise ship, there is typically only one doctor and sick bay. This can mean every infected person goes to the same clinic. This can cause the disease to spread faster as well. All of the people suffering from this cruise ship illness go to the same doctor, who may or may not end up helping the illness to spread.
The upside for most passengers is that cruise ship Norovirus typically spreads and ends withing 24 to 60 hours. Also, most people make a full recovery from infectious diseases caused while at sea. This is called “Cruise illness” by most people I know, and there are many ways to avoid contracting it, like not going on a cruise at all.
Other Methods of Avoiding Cruise Ship Noro Virus
One, wash hands and sexual organs.
Two, try not to shake hands with other passengers. If you like to shake hands, use disinfectant right afterwards
Three, disinfect your cabin, your curtains, carpet, bed and furniture to be safe.
Four, bring a first aid kit that has medicine, which will assist you if you catch Norovirus on board a cruise ship, like things for stomach flu, such as antacid, diarrhea meds, etc.
If you get cruise related virus, get a diagnosis from the on-board physician. The law also says if more than 3% of the ship gets sick, (Including passengers and employees) the cruise ship has a duty to report the outbreak to the Center For Disease Control (CDC). You can even look online at the CDC website to see who has the most disease ridden cruise ships.
The CDC checks sanitation of all ships carrying 13 passengers or more from USA to foreign ports and calls. All U.S. Ships are inspected for water sanitation, as well as jacuzzi and swimming pools. They also monitor food contamination and other supplies. The CDC also checks the personal hygiene practices of the ship’s staff and godliness and cleanliness of the cruise vessel. The CDC is also responsible for monitoring cruise ship training programs and health habits, customs and practices. Cruise line ships are rated on a 100 point scale. They need to maintain a health score higher than 86 out of 100.
If you have were seriously injured by a cruise ship virus like norovirus and you need a quality cruise ship attorney because you want compensation, you must often file a cruise accident claim within a reasonable time from the date of injury. You must immediately contact a Los Angeles personal injury attorney if your were injured on board a Princess Cruises Ship.
About the Author
Personal Injury Lawyers in Los Angeles at Ehline Law represent injured victims in California as highly experienced Los Angeles cruise ship accident attorneys.
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