Carnival, Other Cruise Lines See Rise in Injury Suits

Carnival Corp. and other cruise lines are seeing a rise in negligence cases. Top factors fueling the increase are questionable shipboard medical care and the added risks of popular shipboard attractions and onshore excursions, plaintiffs’ attorneys say.

At least 83 federal personal injury cases were filed against cruise lines in the first three months of 2018 alone, according to Bloomberg Law data. That figure continues an upward trend over the last two years in which cruise lines were hit with 188 negligence suits in 2017, and 164 the year before.

Personal injury cases against the three biggest cruise lines—Carnival, Royal ...