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Eulala Shute, et vir. Shute v. Carnival Cruise Lines, 897 F.2d 377 (9th Cir. 1988); cert. granted, 498 U.S. 807 (1990). Federal courts will enforce forum selection clauses so long as the clause is deemed fundamentally fair. Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute, 499 U.S. 585 (1991), was a case in which the Supreme Court held that United States ...
Exclusion clause, personal injury, breach of contract, non-pecuniary loss, restitutionary damages, total failure of consideration. Baltic Shipping Company v Dillon, [1] the Mikhail Lermontov case, is a leading Australian contract law case, on the incorporation of exclusion clauses and damages for breach of contract or restitution for unjust ...
According to the Washington Post, a recent study by economic consultant G.P. Wild – commissioned by the cruise industry's trade group and released in March 2019 – argued that cruises are getting safer over time. The study claims that, even as capacity increased 55 percent between 2009 and 2018, the number of overall "operational incidents ...
Signed into law by President Grover Cleveland on June 19, 1886. The Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886, sometimes abbreviated to PVSA, Passenger Services Act, or PSA, is a protectionist piece of United States legislation which came into force in 1886 relating to cabotage. It says that no foreign vessels may transport passengers between ports ...
The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 is a United States federal statute that provides for the promotion and maintenance of the American merchant marine. [1] Among other purposes, the law regulates maritime commerce in U.S. waters and between U.S. ports. Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act is known as the Jones Act and deals with cabotage ...
Virgin Voyages is a cruise line headquartered in Plantation, Florida and a joint venture between the Virgin Group and Bain Capital. [2][3] As of April 2024, Virgin Voyages has three ships in the fleet, with one more on order, all with an expected capacity of approximately 2,700 passengers each. The first ship, Scarlet Lady, began sailing August ...
Steven Douglas Merryday (born November 2, 1950) [1] is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Merryday issued rulings that blocked the CDC from enforcing its public health rules regarding cruise ship operations and blocked the Navy from removing an insubordinate commander of a $1.8 billion warship ...
Carnival Corporation & plc. Carnival Corporation & plc is a British and American cruise operator with a combined fleet of over ninety vessels across nine cruise line brands and one joint venture with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). [4] A dual-listed company, Carnival is composed of the Panama -incorporated, US-headquartered ...