A Florida woman is seeking $1 million in a federal lawsuit, alleging that after her husband died aboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean, the luxury liner’s staff failed to properly preserve the body, robbing his loved ones of an open-casket funeral.
The Celebrity Equinox cruise ship docked at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on June 26, 2021.Antonio Planas
Marilyn Jones was listed as a plaintiff, as were her two daughters, an adult granddaughter and two minor grandchildren. The defendant in the lawsuit is Celebrity Cruises Inc., which owns and operates the Celebrity Equinox. The ship’s staff also cautioned her that if she stayed in Puerto Rico, she would be responsible for securing travel back home for her and her late husband, the suit said.
When the Equinox docked in Florida after nearly a week since her husband’s passing, a worker with a funeral home and a deputy with a local sheriff’s office arrived to handle the body, the suit said.
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