Lawsuit alleges cruise line left passenger's body to decompose in drink cooler.
TL;DR
The family of a man who died of a heart attack aboard a Celebrity Equinox ship has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the cruise line, claiming his body was improperly stored in a cooler instead of the ship's morgue, causing it to badly decompose. The family claims that if Celebrity had informed them of the out-of-service morgue, they could have chosen to get off in Puerto Rico with the body and potentially still have an open-coffin service. The lawsuit also claims that Celebrity's crew was reckless and careless, causing the family's injuries.
- Cruise line let passenger's body badly decompose in drink cooler after heart attack: lawsuit New York Post
- A Widow Said Her Husband Was Left in a Drinks Cooler After Dying on a Cruise The New York Times
- Celebrity Cruises improperly stored dead body in cruise ship's cooler, instead of morgue, lawsuit claims CNN
- Cruise line let passenger's body decompose, lawsuit says Orlando Sentinel
- Cruise line let passenger's body decompose in beverage cooler instead of morgue storage, lawsuit says Scranton Times-Tribune
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