PoohsGang
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After reading this, if its true Id be asking for 75 Million, not thousand.......an 8 mile journey in a raft just doesn't sound fun in the Ocean anyways.....
A widow from New York has sued Disney Cruse Line in federal court, blaming the company for her husband’s death from injuries he suffered during a Mediterranean cruise last summer.
Marilyn Piazza alleges that her husband, Santo L. Piazza, died because a poorly designed, raised threshold on a bathroom doorway caused him to trip and fall; because the ship’s medical staff initially misdiagnosed his injuries; and because efforts to evacuate him to a shore hospital for emergency medical treatment were slow, poorly planned and poorly executed. Santo Piazza died Aug. 14 at age 78.
Marilyn Piazza filed the lawsuit Thursday on behalf of her husband’s estate in U.S. District Court in Orlando. Her complaint identifies the cruise line’s corporate entity, Magical Cruise Co. Ltd., and Disney Cruise Vacations as defendants. She alleges that they were responsible for Santo Piazza’s wrongful death, and her suit seeks more than $75,000.
Her complaint states that her husband was injured while they and their daughter and her family were beginning an 11-day cruise out of Barcelona, Spain, aboard the Disney Magic.
The suit gives this account: Santo Piazza tripped over the raised threshold while stepping into his cabin’s bathroom. He fell, and his right side struck the bathtub, causing “catastrophic internal injuries.” He immediately went to the shipboard health-services department, where he was given a Tylenol. That afternoon, he returned to the health-services department after he vomited, had shortness of breath and experienced severe pain. After his second evaluation, the ship’s doctor diagnosed him with fractured ribs and a punctured lung, requiring immediate evacuation and hospitalization.
The suit alleges that the Piazzas waited five hours before the Disney Magic altered its course toward Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Then ship personnel put the injured man in an inflatable raft and transported him through eight miles of choppy waves to the shore, “crashing and smashing Mr. Piazza up and down constantly.”
The suit also complains that no one from Disney Cruise Line went ashore with him to assist. He was accompanied only by his son-in-law; neither of them spoke Italian, and none of the Italian medical personnel they met spoke English.
Santo Piazza died from his injuries 17 days later, according to the complaint.
Marilyn Piazza could not be reached Friday for comment. Her lawyers at the law firm of Moore & Co. in Miami declined to discuss the case.
A Disney Cruise Line spokeswoman declined to comment, citing Disney’s policy of not discussing pending litigation.
A widow from New York has sued Disney Cruse Line in federal court, blaming the company for her husband’s death from injuries he suffered during a Mediterranean cruise last summer.
Marilyn Piazza alleges that her husband, Santo L. Piazza, died because a poorly designed, raised threshold on a bathroom doorway caused him to trip and fall; because the ship’s medical staff initially misdiagnosed his injuries; and because efforts to evacuate him to a shore hospital for emergency medical treatment were slow, poorly planned and poorly executed. Santo Piazza died Aug. 14 at age 78.Marilyn Piazza filed the lawsuit Thursday on behalf of her husband’s estate in U.S. District Court in Orlando. Her complaint identifies the cruise line’s corporate entity, Magical Cruise Co. Ltd., and Disney Cruise Vacations as defendants. She alleges that they were responsible for Santo Piazza’s wrongful death, and her suit seeks more than $75,000.
Her complaint states that her husband was injured while they and their daughter and her family were beginning an 11-day cruise out of Barcelona, Spain, aboard the Disney Magic.
The suit gives this account: Santo Piazza tripped over the raised threshold while stepping into his cabin’s bathroom. He fell, and his right side struck the bathtub, causing “catastrophic internal injuries.” He immediately went to the shipboard health-services department, where he was given a Tylenol. That afternoon, he returned to the health-services department after he vomited, had shortness of breath and experienced severe pain. After his second evaluation, the ship’s doctor diagnosed him with fractured ribs and a punctured lung, requiring immediate evacuation and hospitalization.
The suit alleges that the Piazzas waited five hours before the Disney Magic altered its course toward Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Then ship personnel put the injured man in an inflatable raft and transported him through eight miles of choppy waves to the shore, “crashing and smashing Mr. Piazza up and down constantly.”
The suit also complains that no one from Disney Cruise Line went ashore with him to assist. He was accompanied only by his son-in-law; neither of them spoke Italian, and none of the Italian medical personnel they met spoke English.
Santo Piazza died from his injuries 17 days later, according to the complaint.
Marilyn Piazza could not be reached Friday for comment. Her lawyers at the law firm of Moore & Co. in Miami declined to discuss the case.
A Disney Cruise Line spokeswoman declined to comment, citing Disney’s policy of not discussing pending litigation.
thats why our luggage is like a pharmacy.
