Jones et al v. Celebrity Cruises, Inc.

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:23-cv-21481

Court:

Florida Southern

Nature of Suit:

Marine

Judge:

Kathleen M. Williams

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  1. July 11, 2024

    Celebrity Cruises Settles Suit Over Ship Morgue Failure

    The family of a man who died aboard a Celebrity Cruises ship and whose body decomposed after being stored in an ill-equipped cooler told a Florida federal court Wednesday that they had settled their dispute with the cruise line, just days before the case was set to go to trial.

  2. July 08, 2024

    Celebrity Cruises Morgue Cooler Breakdown Suit Advances

    A Florida federal judge on Monday denied a bid by Celebrity Cruises Inc. to prevail in a suit alleging that it mishandled the body of a passenger who died during a cruise, saying there's a dispute about when the cruise line should have known that its morgue cooler had malfunctioned.

  3. April 25, 2024

    Celebrity Cruises' Morgues Are 'Run To Fail,' Family Claims

    The family of a man who died aboard a Celebrity Cruises ship and whose body decomposed after being stored in an ill-equipped cooler is urging a Florida federal judge to reject the cruise line's bid for an exit from its suit, arguing the company's "run-to-fail" maintenance programs for its shipboard morgues made it inevitable a morgue would break while storing a body.

  4. May 12, 2023

    Celebrity Cruises Says Storing Body In Cooler Not Misconduct

    Celebrity Cruises urged a Florida federal judge on Friday to toss a suit by the family of a man who died aboard one of its ships and whose body decomposed after being stored in the vessel's ill-equipped cooler, arguing the crew did the best under the circumstances, and that it was not "willful or wanton misconduct."

  5. April 21, 2023

    Celebrity Cruises Accused Of Storing Dead Body In Cooler

    The family of a man who died while on a Celebrity Cruises ship is suing the company for improperly storing the man's body in an ill-equipped cooler rather than the ship's morgue, leaving his body to decompose before returning to port in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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