Carnival seeks dismissal of Triumph lawsuits

[marmar]

MIAMI -- Carnival Corp. is seeking the dismissal of lawsuits filed by passengers who endured days of difficult conditions aboard a disabled cruise ship.

The biggest is a potential class action seeking to represent about 3,000 passengers of Carnival's Triumph. Carnival said in a motion filed last week in Miami federal court that its cruise tickets clearly state passengers cannot file class actions.

Passengers' lawyers argue Carnival was negligent in letting the Triumph sail with its history of past mechanical problems and so the suits should be allowed. ...................(more)

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[LiberalFighter]

1. They need to void contracts that prevent people from receiving proper action.

Barring that from happening Carnival likely will fail to bar the lawsuit. Considering that they intentionally hid the defects from the customers. The expectation of the passengers is that they will not suffer due to serious defects that will lower the quality of the service that they paid to have.