February 13, 2025
A Florida federal judge denied Norwegian Cruise Line's bid to force a masseuse's negligence and unseaworthiness lawsuit into Bahamian arbitration, saying the company isn't a signatory to her underlying employment agreement and that it failed to establish an exception to send the case out of court.
November 12, 2024
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday punted on deciding if Norwegian Cruise Line could push claims brought by a ship worker into Bahamian arbitration despite not actually being a signatory of that contract, opting to allow the parties to take the dispute into mediation.
October 03, 2024
Norwegian Cruise Line told a Florida federal court on Wednesday that a former masseuse on board one of its ships must arbitrate her negligence claim after she was allegedly deprived of prompt and adequate medical care, even though the company didn't sign an underlying arbitration agreement.