{"id":5340,"date":"2023-10-25T12:28:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T12:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/business\/carnival-told-to-compensate-cruise-passenger-who-caught-covid-in-landmark-ruling\/"},"modified":"2023-10-25T12:28:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T12:28:47","slug":"carnival-told-to-compensate-cruise-passenger-who-caught-covid-in-landmark-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=5340","title":{"rendered":"Carnival told to compensate cruise passenger who caught Covid in landmark ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Stay informed with free updates<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>Simply sign up to the <!-- -->Travel &amp; leisure industry<!-- --> myFT Digest &#8212; delivered directly to your inbox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=549422f0-76a0-4f8a-9e76-14d74410a297&amp;concept-id=7c1eaf17-7d6e-4793-880d-42751b796a06\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Carnival, the world\u2019s biggest cruise company, has been ordered by an Australian judge to cover the medical expenses of a passenger who contracted Covid-19 aboard one of its ships to compensate for its \u201cnegligent\u201d handling of the outbreak in a landmark class action ruling. <\/p>\n<p>Justice Angus Stewart concluded that before Carnival\u2019s Ruby Princess cruise liner embarked from Sydney in early March 2020 the company \u201cknew or ought to have known about the heightened risk of coronavirus infection on the vessel, and its potentially lethal consequences\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009yet they proceeded regardless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess was linked to 28 deaths and around 700 infections. Carnival was found to have been \u201cnegligent and in breach of their duty of care\u201d towards Susan Karpik, the lead plaintiff in the case, for deciding not to cancel the cruise. \u201cA reasonable person in [Carnival\u2019s] position would have cancelled the cruise,\u201d the judge said in a summary. <\/p>\n<p>The ruling is the first class action victory against a cruise operator globally, according to Shine Lawyers, the Brisbane-based law firm representing more than 1,000 Australian plaintiffs in the lawsuit. <\/p>\n<p>Carnival was also found to have made \u201cmisleading representations\u201d that it was \u201creasonably safe\u201d for passengers aboard the cruise and in relation to its screening and sanitation protocols, according to the summary published on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>The federal judge ordered Carnival to cover Karpik\u2019s out-of-pocket medical expenses of $4,423.48 plus interest but concluded that the \u201cnon-economic loss\u201d from her mild Covid-19 infection was not sufficient to require the payment of damages. Karpik, a retired nurse, had claimed more than $360,000 in damages in part due to the distress caused by her husband Henry\u2019s two-month stay in hospital after he also contracted Covid-19 onboard. <\/p>\n<p>Other plaintiffs in the suit, which is being funded by UK-based litigation fund Balance Legal Capital, include other passengers, executors acting on behalf of passengers who died of coronavirus and close family members. Some 2,651 passengers took the 12-day voyage, which sailed from Australia to New Zealand before returning. <\/p>\n<p>This year, 31.5mn passengers globally will take a cruise, rebounding above 2019 demand levels for the first time since the pandemic struck, according to projections by the Cruise Lines International Association, an industry body. <\/p>\n<p>Not only did the pandemic ground the fleets of all the major cruise operators but the industry took significant reputational damage, as scientists and health officials blamed it for superspreading events. <\/p>\n<p>The Ruby Princess was for a long period the source of the biggest coronavirus outbreak in Australia, which closed its borders for much of the pandemic to stave off the virus. A 2020 inquiry by the New South Wales government concluded there were \u201cinexcusable\u201d and \u201cinexplicable\u201d errors that led to the outbreak.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carnival Australia said it was \u201cconsidering\u201d the judgment \u201cin detail\u201d, adding: \u201cThe pandemic was a difficult time in Australia\u2019s history, and we understand how heartbreaking it was for those affected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vicky Antzoulatos, joint head of class actions at Shine Lawyers, hailed the ruling as a \u201cvictory\u201d for Karpik and called on Carnival to \u201cdo the right thing and compensate all the passengers rather than prolong the matter through further litigation\u201d. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/549422f0-76a0-4f8a-9e76-14d74410a297\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Travel &amp; leisure industry myFT Digest &#8212; 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