About us Holland America Line is in the media specialized in cruises or travel because it will have to pay more than 21 million dollars to a passenger, after an accident that occurred on one of his ships in 2011, which caused a small brain injury.
The shipping company has already announced that appeal to reduce compensation since it considers excessive the amount imposed.
The accident occurred during a crossing in the Pacific and the accident was due to sensor malfunction in an automatic glass door that was in the boat.
El accident It happened when passenger James R. Hausman tried to leave his penthouse to go to a pool and his head got stuck in one of the doors. He went to the doctor on the same boat and he diagnosed a facial contusion and chipped teeth, but in consultation with the neurologist, who through medical studies discovered a minor brain injury that causes vertigo, occasionally seizures, and that makes him lose the meaning of what he is saying or slight memory loss as he repeats expressions that he has already said. Hence, the compensation has been so large.
Undoubtedly the publicity that is being given to the subject, due to the high amount of money that is going to be given as a passenger, 21.1 million dollars, will make people see those small accidents and inconveniences that sometimes arise on cruise ships with another look.
Holland America Line is a cruise company, which is based in Seattle, United States. It was founded in 1873 as the Netherlands-America Steamship Company, a passenger and maritime transport line, and was then based in Rotterdam. In 1989 it became a company a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & PLC.