abandoned ship before everyone else got off you can expect a prosecution. the whole idea of somebody abandoning ship is crazy. mark, what we have got here is we have a cruise ship, state of the art. $280 million. ten stories high. i mean the titanic was 100 years ago. how does this happen? i guess in a nut shell it just got too close to the shore and no one really knows why they did that. they were so close to the shore and they know that reef is there and i guess that is going to be the question that has to get sorted out. they do have a black box on the ships so they will be able to figure out what went wrong and when it went wrong. judge jeanine: now, these passengers stranded right now in italy should carnival cruise be bringing them home? taking care of them? what is going on? what normally happens. there is a contract. when you book a cruise you are signing a contract and making a contract with the cruiseline and when you make that contract you pretty much as passenger ar
abandoned ship before everyone else got off you can expect a prosecution. the whole idea of somebody abandoning ship is crazy. mark, what we have got here is we have a cruise ship, state of the art. $280 million. ten stories high. i mean the titanic was 100 years ago. how does this happen? i guess in a nut shell it just got too close to the shore and no one really knows why they did that. they were so close to the shore and they know that reef is there and i guess that is going to be the question that has to get sorted out. they do have a black box on the ships so they will be able to figure out what went wrong and when it went wrong. judge jeanine: now, these passengers stranded right now in italy should carnival cruise be bringing them home? taking care of them? what is going on? what normally happens. there is a contract. when you book a cruise you are signing a contract and making a contract with the cruiseline and when you make that contract you pretty much as passenger ar
abandoned ship before everyone else got off you can expect a prosecution. the whole idea of somebody abandoning ship is crazy. mark, what we have got here is we have a cruise ship, state of the art. $280 million. ten stories high. i mean the titanic was 100 years ago. how does this happen? i guess in a nut shell it just got too close to the shore and no one really knows why they did that. they were so close to the shore and they know that reef is there and i guess that is going to be the question that has to get sorted out. they do have a black box on the ships so they will be able to figure out what went wrong and when it went wrong. judge jeanine: now, these passengers stranded right now in italy should carnival cruise be bringing them home? taking care of them? what is going on? what normally happens. there is a contract. when you book a cruise you are signing a contract and making a contract with the cruiseline and when you make that contract you pretty much as passenger ar
insurance and have been advised to take travel insurance you are pretty much on your own. what typically the lines do is step in and make things as right as they can. judge jeanine: what are they going to do? give you another cruise. that is typically what they do. give you a refund on the cruise you just took. so you don t pay for anything on the cruise you took and get a free cruise later. not enough. and hopefully transportation back. michael winkleman. michael, are you there? i m here, judge. how are you, good evening? judge jeanine: you are maritime attorney. thank you for being with us this evening. can these passengers sue what rights do they have? they absolutely can sue, judge. and first thank you so much for having me. unfortunately, what has been really a crazy scary, terrifying incident is really just a tip of the iceberg for the passengers. mark hit the nail on the head with the cruise ticket contract because in that that requires these u.s. passengers if t
jeanne italian authorities have taken the captain of the ship in custty. question hes remain. caucuses caused the ship to run aground and what recourse is left for those passengers? michael winkleman, maritime attorney, joey jackson an attorney with us often and mark murphy a travel expert. all right, gentlemen. thanks for being with us. joey, the captain is in custody. might he face criminal charges? without question. you have people dead here people injured here and people who are missed. is wanted is accountability. as a result there will be a thorough investigation. in the investigation should they determine that he was negligence to the degree that people died he will in fact be prosecuted. there will also be the issue, judge, as to whether or not he abandoned ship. there is a saying a captain goes down with the ship and as a result of that you should be the last one off. in the event that the investigation reveals that he was negligence to the extent that people died and he