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Class-Action Suit Filed Over Crippled Carnival Cruise Ship
Class-Action Suit Filed Over Crippled Carnival Cruise Ship
Nov 1, 2024 8:30 PM

This undated photo, provided by passenger Jacob Combs, shows the dire situation aboard the Carnival Triumph cruise ship. (Jacob Combs)

A class-action over events that left passengers of the cruise ship Triumph without power or working toilets for five days in the Gulf of Mexico, according to CNN.

The lawsuit, filed on Monday in U.S. federal court in Miami by Matt and Melissa Crusan of Oklahoma, and should be held liable for physical and emotional anguish, reports Reuters.

According to CNN, the Crusans alleged in their lawsuit that "Carnival knew or should have known that the vessel Triumph was likely to experience mechanical and/or engine issues because of prior similar issues," the court filing said.

The Triumph left Galveston, Texas, on Feb. 7 for a 4-day trip to Mexico. Passengers were instead towed to the Port of Mobile, Alabama on Feb. 14 after an engine-room fire disabled the ship on Feb. 10, leaving it without electricity or adequate sanitation. A Coast Guard official said Monday that a .

The suit is at least the second by a Triumph passenger. Cassie Terry of Brazoria County, Texas, sued Carnival on Friday, according to Reuters.

A Mississippi attorney, John Arthur Eaves, also filed suit against Carnival on Wednesday on behalf of another passenger, Kathy Marie Armstrong of Texas. The on the crippled Triumph and that the ship experienced propulsion problems in prior voyages, reports the Clarion-Ledger.

Carnival has said it would not comment on pending litigation.

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