{"id":1949,"date":"2015-02-11T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=1949"},"modified":"2015-02-09T22:07:35","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T04:07:35","slug":"us-court-appeals-rules-cruise-ship-owners-may-sued-passengers-medical-malpractice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/us-court-appeals-rules-cruise-ship-owners-may-sued-passengers-medical-malpractice\/","title":{"rendered":"US Court of Appeals Rules that Cruise Ship Owners May Be Sued By its Passengers for Medical Malpractice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h3>\n<p>In what appears to be a change in 100 years of law, the 11th U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta has ruled that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcaribbean.com\/home.do\">Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines<\/a> can be successfully sued for medical malpractice by passengers who have been negligently injured or killed by the ship medical providers.<\/p>\n<p>The federal appeals court refused to reconsider the decision that essentially opens the doors for cruise ship passengers to sue cruise lines for medical malpractice.<\/p>\n<p>In a hearing that was held in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ca11.uscourts.gov\/\">U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit <\/a>in Atlanta, Ga., the appeals court rejected a bid by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines to revisit its ruling. The court noted that none of the 11th circuit judges voted in support of reconsideration.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/us-court-appeals-rules-cruise-ship-owners-may-sued-passengers-medical-malpractice\/#more-1949\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what appears to be a change in 100 years of law, the 11th U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta has ruled that Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines can be successfully sued for medical malpractice by passengers who have been negligently injured or killed by the ship medical providers. 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