On Cruise Ships, It's All Fun And Games Until Something Goes Wrong

Cruise lines go out of their way to make their passengers happy. That is, until something goes wrong.
According to Business Insider, if you're injured on a cruise ship, the company will immediately try to protect itself, not you.
When a passenger is injured, one of the ship's security officers will take a statement from the passenger using questions that could help the cruise line defend itself in court.
The officer may, for example, ask what the passenger could have done to avoid the incident that led to the injury.
But shortly after being injured, a person isn't in the right state of mind to defend his or her interests when being questioned.
If sued, the cruise line will ensure that case is tried in a federal court.
That requires a higher standard of evidence, and will often have a stricter judge than in a state court.
Anytime anything bad happens, the cruise lines go into adversarial mode. Michael Winkleman, maritime lawyer



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