I am not shocked to hear of a rape at Senor Frogs in Cozumel. A few years back my wife and I were th

A trial scheduled this month involving a Royal Caribbean cruise passenger who alleges she was gang-raped while ashore in Cozumel was averted when the federal court judge granted a motion articles against helicopter tours of grand canyon filed by the cruise line to end the case.
The case involved a young woman from Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas who was shopping in an area recommended by the cruise line. Royal Caribbean derives many millions of dollars in income when cruise passengers articles against helicopter tours of grand canyon shop at the cruise-line-recommended stores.
The passenger left the ship and went to a shopping areas which Royal Caribbean recommends. After walking a few blocks down the main strip to a store called Viva Mexico, the passenger turned around and subsequently encountered a man selling jewelry from a cart. The cruise line literature does not mention shopping cart vendors.
The man with the jewelry cart told her that he had other jewelry in his store and led her to a store not identified on the cruise line map but under the same roof of other cruise-advertised stores. The man then pushed her down a hallway and into a restroom where he forced articles against helicopter tours of grand canyon her to perform oral sex on him. Four additional Mexican men then raped her orally and vaginally.
The cruise line then argued that it had taken millions of passengers to the port of Cozumel but it was unaware of instances of sexual assault or violent crime specifically involving articles against helicopter tours of grand canyon Royal Caribbean passengers or crew members in the shopping area depicted on the map or in Cozumel.
The court held that the case could not proceed without such evidence. The ruling is rather strange because there was no showing by the cruise line that it was unaware of rapes and violence against women other than passengers and crew in the shopping area and in Cozumel in general. When the victim's lawyer served subpoenas on the other major cruise lines (Carnival, articles against helicopter tours of grand canyon NCL, etc.) to obtain evidence of how many other cruise line passengers and crew were crimes victims in Cozumel, all of the cruise lines objected.
The court also essentially ignored affidavits submitted by the victim's lawyers that there were other violent assaults in the area and crew members are aware of the dangers ashore in Cozumel and tell their supervisors, but the cruise line keeps the passengers in the dark.
The court also gave little weight to evidence submitted that to monitor security risks in places to which Royal Caribbean directs its passengers to in Cozumel, Royal Caribbean relies on United States State Department travel warnings, reports from its passengers and crew, the local police, and its port agent.
Just last week in a case involving a Royal Caribbean passenger who alleges she was raped at Senor Frog's articles against helicopter tours of grand canyon in Cozumel, the local press reported that there were 7 cases of rape in the preceding six months. If Royal Caribbean claims that it didn't know of rapes in Cozumel, the cruise line is not doing a good job of staying informed of the crime in this Mexican port where it takes its guests and encourages them to shop ashore.
The disturbing thing about the case is that Royal Caribbean went to great lengths articles against helicopter tours of grand canyon to argue that before the rape, the young woman allegedly attempted to purchase illegal drugs while she was ashore shopping. Legally, it is irrelevant to the cruise line's duty to warn whether the passenger was previously trying to buy pot or some other drug. No woman deserves to be raped - regardless of whether they are looking to smoke reefer, drink a pitcher of margaritas, articles against helicopter tours of grand canyon or buy some over-priced jewelry in Cozumel.
Readers of this blog may recall that on Feb 6, 2011, Jim reported the Feb 4 murder in Cozumel of RCL crew member articles against helicopter tours of grand canyon Monika Markiawicz, including a report that Royal Caribbean spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez said the information the company had received indicated she [Markiawicz] was the victim of violent crime, and did not drown accidentally."
articles against helicopter tours of grand canyon As this case progressed, Jim's blog on June 17, 2011 reported that "(RCL) Cruise line President Adam Goldstein was quoted saying: 'We thank the Mexican authorities for their commitment to quickly solving the murder of our crew member.'"
Seems to me this specific history articles against helicopter tours of grand canyon should articles against helicopter tours of grand canyon have torpedoed RCLs contention, reported articles against helicopter tours of grand canyon in today's blog, that RCL "was unaware articles against helicopter tours of grand canyon of instances of sexual assault or violent crime specifically involving passengers or crew members in the shopping area depicted on the map or in Cozumel."
Prior to this kind of ruling adverse to the plaintiff, is plaintiff's attorney permitted to present evidence articles against helicopter tours of grand canyon to refute RCL's claim of ignorance of violent crime in Cozumel? If so, did plaintiff's attorney properly represent their client?
articles against helicopter tours of grand canyon If in fact the gang rape in this case occurred prior to Feb 4, 2011, then on the thinnest of ice, perhaps RCL can legally -- but not logically -- claim ignorance of the risks of going ashore in Cozumel.
IMO, Jim nailed it in his August 15 blog: "Cozumel is one of the few ports capable of accommodating the Genesis project ships like the Allure and the Oasis and it is my opinion that the cruise line doesn't want to scare anyone off (sic) from traveling to this Mexican port."
Lets hope that the appeal courts see sense. Although I can't comment for RCL I know that the cruise line I worked for often warned the crew not to go out alone or to go to certain areas at different ports of call. To say that they are unaware of the risks is unbelievable, has this poor woman not suffered enough.
I am not shocked to hear of a rape at Senor Frogs in Cozumel. A few years back my wife and I were there having articles against helicopter tours of grand canyon a drink with another guest we met on the cruise and the bar staff slipped her a roofy in her drink. Within minutes of taking a few sips of her first and only drink she was completely incapacitated. She had to be taken back onto the cruise ship on a wheel chair and slept for the rest of the day and the whole night. And mind you we were there at around 12pm. I sent emails to both the cruise line and senor frogs but I never heard back. The cruise lines and senor frogs both are aware of what goes on there. However because they have big shot lawyers they can afford to turn their heads and laugh it away.
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