Norwegian Cruise Line has been ordered to pay $2 million in a medical negligence lawsuit to a passenger who suffered a heart attack at sea in November 2016. Lawyers for the passenger say the man received “substandard care” from the cruise ship’s medical personnel, which ultimately caused “permanent, preventable” damage to his heart. On March 1, a federal jury ruled that the Miami-headquartered cruise line owed Andrew Ow Buland $2.084 million in damages in relation to the incident, the Miami Herald reports. Ultimately, the jury awarded Ow Buland the $2 million sum for pain and suffering, future medical expenses and loss of services. In similar headlines, Royal Caribbean Cruises was recently ordered to pay $3.38 million to the family of a passenger who died from a heart attack during a 2016 cruise, the Miami Herald reports.

Source: Fox News March 12, 2019 13:28 UTC