What should I do immediately after a boating or cruise ship accident?

Immediately after a cruise ship accident, help will likely be offered to you by cruise ship operators. If no help appears available, make ship officers aware of the emergency. If you sustained an injury on a cruise ship, the first thing you need to do is read the fine print on your cruise ship ticket, which contains your rights, duties and obligations. The passenger ticket will include information about how and where you can file a legal claim. Sometimes, cruise ship accident cases may only be brought in the state in which the cruise ship company is based (frequently Florida), regardless of where the cruise originated or visited.

Dealing with a non-cruise ship boating accident is similar to dealing with an auto accident (except for, of course, the boating accident likely took place on the water). After making sure that all injured parties are properly tended to, you should collect contact, license and insurance information from all boat operators involves. Additionally, as our personal injury lawyers at  Aronberg & Aronberg know, you should be sure to collect contact information from all witnesses (everyone who was on the boat with you or on any other boats involved in the accident). Once authorities shave been contacted, make sure to request information from the officers such that you will be able to access the police report once it has been generated. As soon as it is safe to do so, contact a personal injury lawyer, such as one of ours at Aronberg & Aronberg, by contacting us.

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