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February 2013 Archives

Another Costa Cruise, Another Costa Tragedy - Death in Fall

By Paul M. Hoffman of Hoffman Law Firm, Paul M. Hoffman, P.A. posted in Crew Member Cruise Ship Injuries on Thursday, February 7, 2013.

A little more than a year after the horrific Costa Concordia disaster, which took the lives of over 30 people, Costa is yet again in the news with another calamity. On January 17, 2013, a crewmember died in an apparent fall inside a ventilation shaft aboard the Costa Serena. Although not as extensive as the Costa Concordia disaster, anytime an incident aboard these cruise vessels involves the death of a passenger or crewmember it is equally as tragic.