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Article Excerpt
A cruise line is strictly liable for assaults on passengers by its crew members, even when the crime occurs on shore, the Eleventh Circuit has held. The decision by a three-judge panel allows a jury verdict awarding damages to the plaintiff passenger to stand. (Doe v. Celebrity Cruises, Inc., 394 F.3d 891 (11th Cir. 2004).)
In July 1999, plaintiff Jane Doe got off her cruise ship in Hamilton, Bermuda, a scheduled port-of-call, where she, her friends, and crew members from the Celebrity Cruises ship enjoyed an evening at a club. After the club closed, Doe became sick, and one of the crew members from her group offered to help her find a...
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