Carnival Cruise Lines President calls disappearance of honeymooner George Smith a "non-event"!
Carnival Cruise Lines President Robert Dickinson called the disappearance at sea of honeymooning cruise passenger George Smith IV "a non-event." The article published today in Florida Today discusses how cruise executives feel the concerns regarding crimes on cruise ships are overblown.
We are frankly shocked to hear the disappearance of a cruise passenger referred to as a "non-event"!
The cruise ship crime article discusses the opinion of one of firm's our maritime attorneys.
Maritime attorney Tonya Meister has a different viewpoint than some cruise-line executives about the publicity surrounding incidents of crime on cruise ships.
"I think it's important for the media to report when crimes happen on cruise ships," said Meister, an attorney with the Miami-based law firm Lipcon, Margulies & Alsina. "It's important so that people can be aware of the issues, and keep themselves out of dangerous situations."
Read Florida Today's entire cruise ship crime story.
