A recent collision between a powerboat and a smaller vessel off the coast of Key Biscayne is a tragic reminder …
Category: Maritime Wrongful Death
No loss of human life can ever be replaced by financial compensation, but in some cases, it’s the only justice …
Last Thursday, at roughly 2:00PM, a Tanzanian ferry — MV Nyerere, with an official passenger capacity of 100, but carrying …
This past weekend, a chartered shore excursion tour boat in the Bahamas suffered an engine explosion that engulfed the boat in flames, causing injuries and death.
This week, Daniel Belling, the man accused of killing his wife while on their Mediterranean cruise last year, has been released from prison. The release comes after 14 months of being held without bail in Rome’s Regina Coeli jail. Without proper forensic evidence or a body, Belling’s legal team argued that there was not enough evidence to continue to hold him. The case against him will continue, but Belling will be allowed to return to Dublin.
Unfortunately, death at sea is not as uncommon as you might hope. Although not the most common incident to take place aboard a cruise, the cases of cruise passengers falling to their death are growing in number. Late last week, a woman aboard the Carnival Elation fell two floors, from her 14th floor balcony to her death on the 11th floor deck below. Investigators were immediately called onto the scene, but the cause of her fall is still unknown.
