Lawsuit Says Princess Cruise Lines Knew Passengers Had COVID-19, Continued Sailing

LOS ANGELES –– Two couples have sued Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. in California federal court, alleging the company knew that at least one of its passengers had disembarked the Grand Princess with symptoms of the COVID-19 virus, but still continued sailing the next voyage with more than 3,500 people on “an infected ship.”

In the March 27 lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the plaintiffs say Princess had a “duty to ensure” that they would not be exposed to unreasonable risk of harm that it knew, or should have known, about sailing on …