SIX passengers aboard the infamous “Poop Cruise” on the Carnival Triumph have been left with another foul stench after possibly now losing money from lawsuits against Carnival.
Earlier this month, a federal judge in Florida awarded a combined US$118,500 in damages to a collective group of 27 pax who filed a class action against Carnival for the incident.
When distributed based by case & claim, three pax received $15,000 and the 27 remaining pax took amounts averaging less than $3,000 each.
However, counter tax motions filed by Carnival against six of the plaintiffs, combined with travel expenses to Miami for the trial and legal fees, many of the group ended up losing money.
According to Cruise Law News, there were more than 10 lawyers retained to handle the case.
The Carnival Triumph incident of 2013 occurred when a fire in the engine room completely immobilised the ship and all services for five days in the Gulf of Mexico, including toilets, air-conditioning and refrigeration .
