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Cruise Ship Crime Rates Reach High for Second Consecutive Year, Experts Warn. How Leesfield & Partners has Routinely Represented Passengers.

Cruise ships leaving the U.S. have reached a two-year high, according to data from the Department of Transportation. Allegations of at least 48 crimes were reported from Jan. 1, 2025, to March 30, 2025, according to numbers reported to authorities and published regularly by the Department of Transportation. Under the…

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Skydiver Suffering Parachute Malfunction Saved by Daring Instructor. Then, He Needed Saving, Too.

A skydiving instructor made a daring rescue to save one of his students after a midair parachute malfunction. No serious injuries were reported in the incident, which left the skydiving instructor dangling from a tree, The Miami Herald reported Monday. First responders were notified of the incident around 5:30 p.m.…

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Health Officials Warn of a New Strain of Norovirus Following Three Recent Outbreaks on Cruise Ships

Over a hundred passengers and dozens of crew members across three cruise ships reported symptoms of norovirus as health officials warned of new strain. Officials with the Centers for Disease Control have warned about a “newly dominant strain” of norovirus, which they said could be driving the uptick in recent…

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Man Convicted of Cruise Ship Sexual Assault Sentenced. What to Know.

A man was sentenced to 20 years in prison and five years of supervised release for a sexual assault that took place on a Baltimore cruise ship, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said Thursday. Jalen Kelley, 22, of Abingdon, Maryland, was found guilty in December of…

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Want to Sue a Cruise Line in Florida? Leesfield & Partners has 48 Years of Experience Doing Just That.

For many vacationers, once the unmistakable combination of sun and salty breeze hit their skin, the worries of being on shore recedes into the background. While cruise ships can certainly be an enjoyable getaway, however, it is important to note that passengers can fall prey to many of the same…

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Cruise Line Narrowly Misses Failed Health Inspection, CDC says. What to Know about Leesfield & Partners’ Cruise Cases.

A Royal Caribbean ship scored just one point above “unsatisfactory” in a recent health inspection conducted by the Centers for Disease Control; now ship officials are working to fix the issue. In February, Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas had its regular health inspection in which inspectors found over 50…

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Over 100 Passengers Sick at Ship Docked at Florida Port. What to Know.

A norovirus outbreak on a cruise ship docked at Port Everglades on Friday left at least 169 people ill, according to reporting from local media. Holland America Line’s Rotterdam ship was headed to the Caribbean, Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica over a 12-day voyage when it reported the outbreak of…

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Cruise Ship Docked at PortMiami This Week Made Headlines. See Why.

A new ship with the Cunard Line, a British shipping and cruise line owned by the Carnival Corp., docked in Miami last week, here’s a look inside the new ship on a line who will soon call South Florida home. Queen Anne, which docked in PortMiami on Jan. 21, is…

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Cruise Passenger Reports to Miami-Dade Police Rape by Crew Members. What to Know.

Police are investigating rape allegations after an MSC Cruises passenger claims she was raped by multiple crew members on a recent voyage. The woman, a 44-year-old from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, who was not named in the article, reported the incident to police on Dec. 7 when her ship returned…

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Popular Tiktokers blasted online for allegedly leaving children alone in cruise cabins, monitoring them on FaceTime. Don’t be fooled, this isn’t a “parenting hack”

Popular Tiktokers Matt & Abby Howard have come under fire for a video they posted to their millions of followers seemingly showing them leaving their toddlers in two separate cabins aboard a cruise ship so that they could enjoy dinner, child-free.  The video, posted to Abby Howard’s Instagram story which…

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