Legal Opinion
Thomas Carey v. Bahama Cruise Lines
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 20, 1988No. 88-1169PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, a married couple, are residents of Massachusetts. On March 27, 1985, they were passengers aboard a cruise ship, the Bermuda Star, that was anchored off the port of Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The vessel is owned and operated by the defendant, a Cayman Islands corporation whose principal place of business is New York, but which also does business in Massachusetts. Because Playa del Carmen is not a deep water port, passengers must be transported ashore by means of a tender. Passengers move between the vessel and the tender on a gangway, which is designed…
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