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Civil Litigation,
Admiralty/Maritime

Oct. 27, 2020

Lawsuit accuses cruise ship of not treating virus-infected couple

New York couple accuses Coral Princess of withholding medical care and characterizing COVID-19 as influenza during onset of pandemic aboard vessel.

Operators of the Coral Princess cruise ship, whose March voyage to South America was cut short after an outbreak of COVID-19 are accused in a lawsuit of withholding medical care from a couple infected with the virus.

Unlike similar cases filed against Princess Cruise Lines LTD, the plaintiffs in this case blame the operators for referring to the illness as influenza and refusing to give medical attention to Peter and Grace Nahm of New York. The Nahms say they became infected with ...

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