Carnival sued after death of passenger

CARNIVAL Cruise Line failed to let a dying passenger off a ship docked in Grand Turk late last year, according to allegations filed by the deceased man’s family in Miami federal court.

The family of American man Jeffrey Eisenman is bringing the claim against the cruise line for what they claim was “negligence” and causing “intentional distress”, alleging the ship’s doctor diagnosed the passenger as having suffered a “major heart attack” but did not allow him to leave the ship despite the family’s insurance covering the cost of an air ambulance.

Carnival strenuously denies the allegations, stating “Our onboard medical team followed all proper procedures to attend to a guest who became critically ill very quickly, including liaising with the local hospital which was not equipped to handle his condition”.