John Doe Crew Member v. Unnamed Major Cruise Line
Mar 28, 2007OUTCOME: $9,000,000.00 settlement before trial date set
Crew member went into cardiac arrest for unknown reasons while working on cruise ship. Ship board doctors were grossly negligent in delaying CPR and appropriate rescusitation therapy. Ship board doct ... ors were incompetent and their credentials not in compliance with cruise line's own hiring qualification policies as well as those in the industry. As a result, the crew member sustained a catastrophic anoxic brain injury and was left in an essentially persistent vegetative state.
