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Lawsuits by Carnival Triumph passengers start rolling in

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Lawsuits by Carnival Triumph passengers start rolling in

Two lawsuits have been filed in U.S. District Court in Miami by disgruntled passengers of the Carnival Triumph cruise ship that was left drifting for days without electricity, air conditioning and functioning toilets after a fire in its engine room.

Cassie Terry filed a lawsuit Friday, the day after the ship was towed to shore in Mobile, Ala. Lisa Williams, who claims to have been made so ill by conditions on board the ship that she had to be given intravenous fluids in the emergency room once the ship had docked, filed suit Sunday.

Insurance for the cruise ship was written at Lloyd's of London, in the London company market and by international insurers, sources said. The ship's owner, Miami-based Carnival Corp. & P.L.C., takes a “very high retention,” the sources said.

Carnival's broker is Aon Corp. in Miami, sources said.

In a statement, Carnival said that passengers would receive a full refund of cruise and transportation expenses, a future credit equal to the amount they paid for the cruise, reimbursement of shipboard purchases and compensation of $500 per person.

The company added that it had canceled 14 future voyages of the Carnival Triumph through April 13 and that ticketholders would be refunded.

The Carnival Triumph set sail for a four-day cruise from Galveston, Texas, on Feb. 7 with 3,141 passengers aboard. But it was left drifting after a fire on Feb. 10.

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