This article appears in the February 13 issue of Forbes magazine. For a lengthier report, click here.
Deborah L. Jacobs, Forbes Magazine
Most people assume they are safer on a cruise ship than they are on an airplane. Statistics to prove it are scarce. But this much is clear: When disaster strikes, as it did off the coast of Tuscany on Jan. 13, you (or your heirs) can collect more from a plane crash than you can from a shipwreck.
This cruel and ghoulish irony stems from a combination of federal law, a key international convention and the extremely anticonsumer terms commonly found in cruise contracts. Here are the key roadblocks built into the legal system.
This article appears in the February 13 issue of Forbes magazine. For a lengthier report, click here.
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