Michigan Cruise Ship Injury Lawyers
Our Michigan cruise ship lawyers represent people who are injured on cruises or while traveling. Now that it is winter, many people are leaving Michigan for vacations in warmer climates. One of the fastest growing and most popular tourist destinations are cruises. In fact, over 51 million people have been on cruises in the last three years alone!
Unfortunately, people are sometimes injured while they are on cruises. These injuries can occur while on the cruise ship or while on excursions. They can be the result of food poisoning or the failure of the ship’s crew to take the proper safety precautions in inclement weather. These injuries are often made worse because timely medical attention beyond first aid is usually not available on the ships. In the worst cases, medical attention is available but is not provided or the crew is able to divert the ship to a nearby port where a passenger can receive medical care but is the cruise line is unwilling to allow the diversion.
When someone has suffered an injury like this, they can very often hold the cruise ship line accountable for its negligence. They can do this by filing a lawsuit. People who are injured while on cruises have to act very quickly if they are going to file a lawsuit. There are two main reasons for this, a legal reason and a practical reason.
The legal reason that accident victims have to act quickly is that most places have laws that say people have to sue within a period of time after they have been injured. These statutes of limitation will set a time period and if the person does not sue within that time period, he or she will be permanently barred from ever suing for their injuries. Although the length of the time period varies from state to state and country to country, all jurisdictions have statutes of limitations.
What’s more, most cruise line contracts that people sign when they purchase their tickets have shorter periods than this in which the person who has been injured must give notice of their intent to sue. These contract provisions are often unfair but courts enforce them most of the time. Even the best attorney simply cannot save your case if you have waited until after either the notice period or the statute of limitations has expired.
The practical reason to begin working on a lawsuit as quickly as possible has to do with what is necessary to prove a case. The reality is that a case gets harder to prove as more time passes. Injuries heal, scars go away, and people’s memories of events fade. An eyewitness who is willing to testify on your behalf might not remember what happened as well in future. A good lawyer would take pictures of scars and record witnesses’ statements to preserve evidence for trial. That is why anyone who is injured on a cruise accident should contact a lawyer right away.
For more information about Michigan cruise ship injury cases, visit our law firm web site at www.BuckfireLaw.com. If you would like to speak with one of our Michigan personal injury attorneys about your case, feel free to call us anytime at (800) 606-1717 or simply submit this contact form and we will get back to you quickly.
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