Posted on 12/09/2025 8:43:44 AM PST by V_TWIN
Michael Virgil, 35, and his family boarded Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas in Los Angeles on Dec. 13, 2024, for a four-day cruise to Ensenada, Mexico, a trip they intended to be a fun vacation.
What began as a routine departure quickly unraveled, the lawsuit says, after an onboard incident involving security that would later become the center of a legal battle.
The family – which includes Virgil’s longtime fiancée and their young son who has autism – has filed a wrongful death complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Security and crew members allegedly tackled and restrained Virgil, compressing his body until he stopped moving. The complaint says that at the direction of the staff captain, the crew injected him with the sedative Haloperidol and used three cans of pepper spray.
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All major cruise ships have onboard medical centers with licensed doctors and nurses available 24/7 to handle emergencies and routine issues.
The guy was huge, morbidly obese, extremely intoxicated, and violent.
I don't know what the proper way would have been to deal with him without somebody getting seriously hurt. Sounds like a no win situation for the cruise line.
Just guessing here, but you probably don’t need cameras to spot the 33 drinks. If he bought the drink package, he had to identify that he did so and I expect the served drinks were logged on his account.
Oh, I am sure they have a computer record of his purchases.
They also have videos of this guy acting like drunk too.
Any SANE judge should not only throw out this suit, but charge the plaintiffs for bringing it.
Thirty three? That's too many and too specific. Was somebody actually keeping track?
I tend to agree with you.
Back in the 80s I got a dui.....my BAC was .18 as well.
I’m a little guy and I sure didn’t have 33 drinks and it was beer only.
“That’s too many and too specific. Was somebody actually keeping track?
On cruise ships now everything you purchase goes on your ship board card.......no cash transactions.
They know every transaction right down to when.
See post 26
That's good to know I guess....LOL!
If you've seen Clerks, you'll get this....
"in a row ?"
I had relatives with that mentality, which is the excuse we used for not having an open bar at our wedding. (After pressure from one side of the family to have one)
V_TWIN wrote: “People successfully sue bars in the US all the time for being overserved and going out and doing stupid stuff.”
US liability laws do not apply when on a cruise ship in international waters.
People die on cruise ships probably more than we know.....not exactly something they would advertise.....but it does happen in numourous ways.
Alcohol poisoning.
“...not in the US anymore.”
Maritime law applies. The same Maritime law which permits blowing up drug runners and shooting Somali pirates.
How many bottles of Henny is that?
I believe all drinks are tracked by computer as the drink package has a maximum drink allowance.
I think the blood toxicology report should be enlightening.
he drank the drinks himself.
unless the boat forced him to drink they’re not responsible.
“Since when are cruise ship staff (or anyone for that matter) authorized to administer an injection without consent?”
Oh, come on. It’s in the cruise contract. They’re on the high seas, that’s Maritime law jurisdiction. You can only get further from Woke by going to Antarctica or on Mount Everest.
The only person responsible is Mr. Virgil.
I guess they must be on a receipt of some type. I have heard those cruises keep track of stuff like this.
He may have went to different little places onboard and ordered 5 or 6 at each place. Who knows?
He was on he trip of his life (the last trip) don’t ya know.
I was thinking that was enough drinks to serve a table of eleven with several drinks for each.
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