NTSB HOLDS HEARING ABOUT PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP TILTING
 

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a hearing about the cause of the accident where a Princess cruise ship tilted or listed on July 18, 2006.  This is possibly a significant step in the resolution of this accident.  The incident occurred when the cruise ship Crown Princess left Cape Canaveral on its way to Brooklyn, N.Y.  This ship is owned and operated by Princess Cruise Lines which in turn is owned by Carnival Corporation which owns Carnival Cruise Lines. 

About an hour after the Crown Princess left Port Canaveral, someone in the bridge disconnected the automatic pilot system.  He then turned the ship and allowed it to list, i.e., tilt, to starboard, the right side.  This list was 24 degrees which is huge.   Imagine taking a 13 story building and leaning it over all of a sudden so that everything inside of it comes crashing to one side.  The list threw chairs, couches, ice machines, lamps, furniture of all types, glasses, trays, food, hundreds if not thousands of passengers and crewmembers to one side of the ship.  The people onboard were hit by and entangled with the wreckage.  298 passengers and crew suffered personal injuries.  See more information about the hearing and about the NTSB at www.ntsb.gov.  

Hickey Law Firm, P.A. represented many of the passengers who suffered personal injuries from this accident.  See our website for information on what to do in the event of an injury in a cruise ship:  www.hickeylawfirm.com.  See also www.cruiseshipassault.com.  The bottom line is get medical care immediately.  Take photos, and document and report everything.  This includes reporting it to the cruise line, taking photos, and going to your doctor and whatever specialist he/she sends you to.  
Also, CALL HICKEY LAW FIRM, P.A., TOLL FREE AT:  1.800.215.7117.  Our consultations are always free.  We work on a contingency basis.  Personal injury, wrongful death, sexual assaults, and medical malpractice.  This all happens on cruise ships and we have handled these types of claims for 27 years.   
Hickey Law Firm, P.A. is headed up by John H. (Jack) Hickey.  Hickey was born and raised in the cruise line capital of the world, Miami, Florida.  For the first 17 years of his career, Hickey represented the cruise lines and insurance companies.  Now he represents you, the seriously injured, the family of a loved one who has died as a result of someone else’s negligence, the victim of a sexual assault, or the victim of medical malpractice. 
Hickey is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Lawyer by The Florida Bar and by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.  He has been named by his peers as a “SUPERLAWYER” in the Superlawyer.com publication (the top 5% of all lawyers); as a “Top Lawyer in South Florida” in the areas of personal injury and maritime in the South Florida Legal Guide (2004 to present); and as a “Legal Elite” member in Florida Trend Magazine (2006) (top 1.7% of all lawyers).   He is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders in America.  Hickey is rated A/V by Martindale Hubbell, the international directory of lawyers, a rating achieved by only 5% of all attorneys.  CONTACT US AND SEE OUR RESULTS AT:  www.hickeylawfirm.com and CALL US TOLL FREE AT 1.800.215.7117.