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Archive for November 2013

UK Princes Club Water Sports Park fined in death of Mari-Simon Cronje

Mari-Simon Cronje, then 11, was attending a birthday party at a water sports club in the UK on September 11, 2010. Princes Club Water Sports Park, Bedfont, Middlesex, UK was a well known water park near London’s Heathrow Airport. She fell from a large towed inflatable banana, was ran over by the towboat, and killed […]

Our List of Outboard Motors Flipping Into Boats Was Updated 18 November 2013

We updated the spreadsheet on our Outboard Motor Struck Submerged Object and Flipped Into Boat page today (18 November 2013). The update included eight pre 1994 accidents we encountered since our last update. We put a “NEW” in the BARD column to identify them as recent updates. Our additions included the Elizabeth Ann Gaus (age […]

Michael Meyer v. Carnival Cruise Lines, et al.

On March 10, 2011 Michael Meyer, about age 65 at time of the accident, and his wife (Luz Hilda Meyer) were on a cruise at St. Lucia, a Caribbean island. They were cruising on the Carnival cruise ship, the M/V Carnival Victory. On this day, they went on a St. Lucia shore excursion trip Michael […]

Meyer v. Carnival: Michael Meyer deposition (injured party)

This review of Michael Meyer’s deposition is part of our much larger coverage of the Michael Meyer v. Carnival Cruise Lines et al. case resulting from a catamaran propeller accident on a cruise ship shore excursion. Michael Meyer Deposition Much of our discussion of his deposition is included in our coverage of the accident and […]

Meyer v. Carnival: Siobhan Beaubrun / Cox depositon part 1

This review of Siobhan Beaubrun’s deposition is part of our much larger coverage of the Michael Meyer v. Carnival Cruise Lines et al. case resulting from a catamaran propeller accident on a cruise ship shore excursion. Cox & Company, the tour operator, provided Siobhan Beaubrun, their Director of Corporate Affairs/Excursions, as their person to be […]

Meyer v. Carnival: Siobhan Beaubrun Cox deposition part 2

This is part two of the Siobhan Beaubrun deposition in our coverage of the Michael Meyer v. Carnival Cruise Lines, et al. case resulting from a cruise ship shore excursion catamaran propeller accident in St. Lucia. Siobhan Beaubrun / Cox deposition part 2 Plaintiff attorney produced a Tour Information Form (TIF) with information on the […]

Meyer v. Carnival: Lera Toato Mathurin deposition / Cox

This review Lera Toato Mathurin’s depostion is part of our much larger coverage of the Michael Meyer v. Carnival Cruise Lines et al. case resulting from a catamaran propeller accident on a cruise ship shore excursion. Lera Toato Mathurin was the Cox & Company representative on the Tango Too catamaran excursion to the Pitons the […]

Meyer v. Carnival: Captain Lawrence O’Neil deposition

This review of Captain Lawrence O’Neil’s deposition is part of our much larger coverage of the Michael Meyer v. Carnival Cruise Lines et al. case resulting from a catamaran propeller accident on a cruise ship shore excursion. Captain Lawrence O’Neil was captain of the M/V Tango Too catamaran on the day of Michael Meyer’s incident […]

Meyer v. Carnival: Randall Jaques Affidavit / Tour Inspector

This affidavit and deposition is part of our much larger coverage of the Michael Meyer v. Carnival Cruise Lines et al. case resulting from a catamaran propeller accident on a cruise ship shore excursion. Randall Jaques, a marine safety and security consultant, was hired by plaintiff’s counsel to review events leading up to the accident, […]

Meyer v. Carnival: Jack Cardillo / Passenger Deposition

This review of Jack Cardillo’s deposition is part of our much larger coverage of the Michael Meyer v. Carnival Cruise Lines et al. case resulting from a catamaran propeller accident on a cruise ship shore excursion. Jack Cardillo was a passenger on the catamaran that injured Michael Meyer. Most of our coverage of these depositions […]