Are Cruise ships to fast

[deadmoney]

I saw this and thought you've got to be kidding.

 

http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/post/2011/03/carnival-cruise-lines-lawsuit-ship-too-fast-woman-sues/148707/1

[Crusing Nut]

I saw this and thought you've got to be kidding.

 

http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/post/2011/03/carnival-cruise-lines-lawsuit-ship-too-fast-woman-sues/148707/1

 

 

 

Beard noted in her complaint that her body "swayed terrible" on the Carnival ship, according to court documents. "I had bleeding, which I had not has [sic] in three years," the complaint said.

Most ships in the Carnival fleet are capable of sailing at speeds no greater than 22 to 24 knots -- about 25 to 28 miles per hour.

 

 

Huh?? Another someone looking to make a buck.

[Frank12]

Good Lord!

It's not the speed of the ship, it's the motion of the ocean that makes people sea sick!

I guess she can't travel 25 mph in a car either? :(

[Cigar Dude]

Good Lord!

It's not the speed of the ship, it's the motion of the ocean that makes people sea sick!

I guess she can't travel 25 mph in a car either? :(

 

I agree.

[RWolver672]

A few years back I was on our Village Council and we were being sued. Our lawyer's secretary told me that if you have $5, you can sue anybody for anything. This proves it.

[mzloolue]

It sounds very odd.

 

There is not enough information in the article for it to make any sense.

Like why swaying would make someone bleed.

[CrusinCyndi]

Female problems perhaps ?

[deadmoney]

What about going to slow? maybe I could sue them for not getting me to my stops fast enough:D

[JaniceB]

You don't want to go at snails speed when a storm is approaching. They have to have the ability to go at a good clip.

[NicknTab]

Female problems perhaps ?

 

LOL!!! Apparently she's had the same issue for at least 3 years now... no wonder she isn't dead...

[PCHENG]

If swaying can cause your body to bleed then all the disco dancers would be dead.

[golfadj]

Maybe they should close all the law schools for about 25 years. Hard to believe somebody would actually take such a stupid case.

[mcwebber]

It sounds very odd.

 

There is not enough information in the article for it to make any sense.

Like why swaying would make someone bleed.

 

USA Today seems to have f'd up.

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/article_769b93f7-16e5-59d2-83ee-c0afd0ccddf1.html

[mcwebber]

Maybe they should close all the law schools for about 25 years. Hard to believe somebody would actually take such a stupid case.

 

I think it was Carnival that took it to court beyond small claims. Carnival was appealing the small claims court refusal to dismiss under the cruise contract. You don't need a lawyer to file in small claims.

[lroche_nf]

Someone doesn't understand that its the ocean that makes you seasick...not the ship. She should sue Posiden or God for the ocean having a good chop on when she sailed.

[Luv2Travelnow]

The planet Earth travels at thousands of miles per hour. Has the woman sued Planet Earth for damages for traveling too fast?? Or the solar system? Or the Milky Way Galaxy??

[AndrewD65]

Wow give me a break.

[richstowe]

The planet Earth travels at thousands of miles per hour. Has the woman sued Planet Earth for damages for traveling too fast?? Or the solar system? Or the Milky Way Galaxy??

 

She would have sued God but clearly people who launch these lawsuits don't believe in divine retribution.;)

[madge57]

OMG!! is she suing the airlines too!! They go faster than cruise ships

[H82seaUgo]

I saw this and thought you've got to be kidding.

 

http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/post/2011/03/carnival-cruise-lines-lawsuit-ship-too-fast-woman-sues/148707/1

 

if she wins, she'll next be suing for the speed of the rotation of the earth.

 

damn thing makes her scale read higher than it should be.

[Sailor2Cruiser]

USA Today seems to have f'd up.

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/article_769b93f7-16e5-59d2-83ee-c0afd0ccddf1.html

 

Wait, what?! USA Today got it wrong? Wow.

 

I can't get over the language of the complaint. "Everyone onboard was sick..." Really? The only generality she can really say is "Everyone onboard was... onboard."

 

Just remember all generalities are false. 8-)

[doneinne]

The judge should laugh at her when he hits his gavel after dismissing the case. How does she know how fast the ship was going? How does she prove that the ship's speed is what caused the sickness and not something else? She can't! What a jokee. The waves cause sea sickness.

[LHP]

The scary thing is that IF this were to go to a jury, there are enough stupid people out there that would vote in her favor just because Carnival is a big company.

 

Yet another thing to cause our cruise rates to increase....:mad:

[mdvlprof]

yup

[DEBnGAB]

Bleeding..from where?

 

Maybe for her next airplane trip they should slow the plane down for her...see how that works out. :rolleyes: