Tom Scolaro is an attorney with the Miami-based law firm Leesfield Scolaro, which has handled many medical lawsuits against cruise lines. He says the medical care on cruises in general is not ideal.
A spokesperson for Carnival Cruise Line declined to comment on the specifics of the incident, but said their shipboard staff followed the company’s emergency procedures, including performing CPR and using as AED on him.
Hazel estimates that her husband was on the floor, suffering from what the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner later determined to be acute coronary insufficiency , for at least 15 minutes before receiving treatment despite several staff members being on scene. The family has considered legal action, but hasn’t been able to get a lawyer to take the case. Many attorneys, if not all of them, cited the federalThe act is a century-old admiralty law that allows the recovery of only certain damages in deaths that occur beyond 3 nautical miles of the United States shores.
But federal law isn’t the only barrier to passengers’ ability to sue.
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