Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

• The Statute of Limitations That Every Lawyer Can Miss

  Gerry McGill | May 22, 2012 11:45 AM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Several times a year I have the unpleasant opportunity to tell a lawyer that he or she has missed the statute of limitations in a case against a Cruise Line. Usually this is because they assumed...

• Do Jones Act Seamen Work In Your State? Does a River Run Through It?

  Gerry McGill | February 23, 2012 12:05 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  The Jones Act is a federal law enacted in 1920 which, in part, protects seamen who are injured on vessels working on the navigable waters of the United States. The Act allows an injured seaman to...

• Costa Concordia Passengers Need to Review Their Cruise Ticket Contract

  Gerry McGill | January 20, 2012 1:12 PM | 1 CommentBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Costa Concordia cruise ship passengers contemplating bringing a claim against the cruise line need to carefully review their Cruise Ticket Contract which can be found at costacruise.com....

• The Captain Abandons His Ship? !!

  Gerry McGill | January 18, 2012 9:20 AM | 1 CommentBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  It is the oldest unwritten law of the sea-- The Captain goes down with his ship. But although Captain Smith did go down with the Titanic 100 years ago, it is not usually taken literally. What it...

• Woman's fall on cruise ship results in $2.9M verdict

  Gerry McGill | July 26, 2011 4:49 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  A federal judge in Miami has awarded damages of $2,925,957 to a New Jersey woman who slipped and fell on a pool deck aboard the Carnival Pride. Denise Kaba was attempting to move some pool chairs...

• Church bus crash in Mississippi kills 1; injures 23

  Gerry McGill | July 13, 2009 4:04 PM | 6 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Church Bus Flips in Mississippi; Killing 1, Injuring 23 A church bus carrying a church youth group from Louisiana to Georgia flipped Sunday July 12 at around 10:20 a.m., killing one and injuring...

• Coast Guard suspends search for Alabama woman

  Gerry McGill | June 18, 2009 2:31 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  After searching more than 3,600 square miles over three days the Coast Guard has suspended its search for an Alabama woman who is believed to have gone overboard from a Carnival cruise ship late...

• Armed Cruise Ship Security Team Fights Off Somali Pirates

  Gerry McGill | April 30, 2009 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  An Italian cruise ship carrying armed Israeli security guards successfully fought off a hijacking attempt by Somali pirates last Saturday, April 25, 2009. The MSC Melody, a 670 foot Italian flagged...

• Maersk Alabama ship's cook sues shipowner and employer

  Gerry McGill | April 29, 2009 12:02 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Richard Hicks, the ship's cook on the U.S. flagged cargo ship, Maersk Alabama, that was hijacked by Somalia pirates on April 8, 2009 has filed suit against the shipowner and the operator alleging...

• Cruise tickets limit where cruise lines can be sued.

  Gerry McGill | February 17, 2009 5:14 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Last week I discussed how the cruise lines use the passenger ticket to limit the time an injured passenger has to file suit against a cruise line. In addition, provisions are inserted in tickets to...