DALLAS — U.S. marshals briefly seized a cruise ship in coastal Texas on Saturday under a judge’s order in a $10 million lawsuit filed on behalf of a woman who died in the Italian cruise ship disaster. DALLAS — U.S.
DALLAS — U.S. marshals briefly seized a cruise ship in coastal Texas on Saturday under a judge’s order in a $10 million lawsuit filed on behalf of a woman who died in the Italian cruise ship disaster.
The Carnival Triumph was seized for several hours at its port in Galveston, where it was scheduled to leave with 2,700 passengers. Both sides said they reached a confidential deal late Saturday afternoon that released the ship for its five-day cruise to Mexico.
A Texas judge had ordered the seizure to secure the plaintiff’s claims against Carnival Corp., the Miami-based parent company of the Italian cruise line whose ship hit a reef and sank off an Italian island in January. The lawsuit was filed Thursday on behalf of a German woman who died in the wreck, which killed 32 people.
