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Such a stink!
On 2/16/2013 2:13 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 2/16/13 1:19 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article ,
says...
On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:28:38 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
MOBILE, Ala. -- The first lawsuit was filed Friday by one of thousands
of passengers trapped aboard a Carnival cruise ship adrift in the Gulf
of Mexico for the past five days.
This will be a case to watch. They will have to prove some kind of
gross negligence to get around the somewhat iron clad waivers you sign
when you buy a ticket.
This is the country to do it tho. The US may be the only place in the
world where having a signed waiver is no guarantee that you can be
sued for exactly what the plaintiff waived.
I'll also bet that those that were told, here, we're going to give you a
refund, and a voucher for a future cruise, and reimburse you for your
expenses, just sign here, are unknowingly signing away their rights to
sue.
It won't take much of a tort lawyer to bust through that nonsense.
Ahhh, but it will. Carnival will have the best MARITIME legal defense
team, at their service.
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