Civil Litigation,
Admiralty/Maritime
Apr. 14, 2021
Grand Princess passengers say companies are ‘inventing legal rule’
Attorneys for the defendant companies noted in their filings that the passengers signed waivers promising not to join a class action or seek redress anywhere except in federal court if they had a legal dispute.
Passengers suing a cruise line over the presence of COVID on their ship have told a court the defendant is "inventing a legal rule" to deny the proposed class a jury trial.
The passengers filed an answer Monday against a federal court motion by Princess Cruise Lines in a case stemming from last year's forced docking in San Francisco of the 2,400-passenger Grand Princess. Sixty of the passengers sued Princess Cruise Lines and its par...
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