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Shipboard Medical Liability Case May Alter the Status Quo

The Eleventh Circuit was faced with some controversial questions in a case in which an injured ship's passenger received allegedly negligent treatment in the ship's medical clinic by contractor medical providers. The passenger soon died.

8 minute read April 01, 2015 at 12:40 PM
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Janice G. Inman
Shipboard Medical Liability Case May Alter the Status Quo

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit was faced with some controversial questions in Franza v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, LTD, 2014 U.S. App.

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