It was bound to happen sooner rather than later, so Carnival shouldn't be shocked when Lisa Williams, 42, of Huston Texas, a passenger on the Triumph has decided to sue, reported ABC.
Williams claims, according to ABC, she suffered severe dehydration and bruising from aggressive food lines on the crippled ship, which was left dead in the water last week after a fire.
Williams was so ill from the five-day ordeal that she had to be given intravenous fluids in a hospital emergency room when she returned home to Houston, her attorney tells ABC.
"Plaintiff has been exposed to extremely toxic and debilitating conditions resulting in severe and permanent injuries," the lawsuit alleges, according to ABC.
The lawsuit, filed on Sunday, follows one filed by a passenger on Friday, just hours after the 102,000-ton Carnival Triumph reached a dock in Mobile, Ala., according to USA Today.
In the first suit, Texas resident passenger Cassie Terry, 25, of Brazoria County, Texas said Carnival "failed to provide a seaworthy vessel and sanitary conditions." She's seeking compensation for "physical and emotional harm, anxiety, nervousness and the 'loss of enjoyment of life," stated USA Today.
After the ordeal that Williams and Terry went through, no one can blame them for wanting to seek some compensation--Carnival's "don't sue us" package of offering passengers a full refund, a credit for a future cruise and an additional $500 per person in compensation, according to USA Today, didn't really make them feel they got all they deserved.
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