Cruise Line Forum Selection Clause Enforced Even Though Passenger Claimed Lack Of Notice
ROSE SCHLESSINGER et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v.HOLLAND AMERICA, N.V., Defendant and Respondent.
B166213
COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT,DIVISION SEVEN
2004 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 5458
June 9, 2004, Filed
OPINION: Rose Schlessinger, Virginia Adams and Renee Ladenheirn sued Holland America N.V. (HAL) for damages caused by failure to warn and negligence after they became ill during a seven-day Alaskan cruise on a passenger ship operated by HAL. The trial court granted HAL's motion to dismiss the complaint based on a forum selection clause in the cruise ticket contract that required all disputes relating to the cruise to be litigated in courts[*2] located in the State of Washington. Schlessinger n1 appeals on the ground she had insufficient notice of the forum selection clause. We affirm.
