Perspective
Dec. 30, 2010
Cruising for a Staycation?
While outbreaks of disease on cruise ships are becoming more prevalent, there remains no clear precedent for determining accountability. By Deborah L. Stein of Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett.
'Tis the season to prepare for long-awaited holiday vacations and to cross your fingers that your cruise ship or hotel does not make the headlines for outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness or Legionnaires' disease or drop-shipments of Spam. It was just last month when nearly 4,500 people were stranded on a Mexico-bound Carnival cruise ship after an engine-room fire left the vessel without power. Weeks prior, more than a hundred passeng...
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