People need to understand, when you're on one of those cruise ships your not in the US anymore.
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33? And he was just getting started. Sounds like this guy who was in my frat.
That’s what happens when you buy the “all you can drink package” and you are determined to get your money’s worth.
It was Mr. Virgil’s decision to get hella-drunk.
The cruise line is not known as a babysitter service for paying adults. He may have gone to several different bartenders to collectively drink that many times.
Even watered down alcohol will effect you in great quantities.
Three cans of pepper spray? Sounds excessive. But then so does 33 drinks of any kind.
So this really isn't about him dying because the ship's bar served him 33 drinks. Its about whether security used excessive force when he got drunk and combative. Maybe they did; maybe they didn't. But this is a lesson about the risks that you take when you get extremely drunk (or high on drugs, for that matter).
Okay,first strike is he did not marry the mother of his child and secondly,he’s a fat slob and thirdly,alcohol is a depressant not a stimulant...what drugs was he taking?
He was a big fat fella and he was in a drunken rage threatening crew and passengers. Video of him in hallway going nuts on YouTube.
He had one of those drink all ya want packages and drank like a fish before the boat even left port. Supposedly he went kooky and died about an hour after the boat left port.
Family claims it was the dope the medics on board sedated him with that killed him. May have contributed? maybe
I suppose it is a good argument, but 33 drinks in a matter of a few hours could kill you with alcohol poisoning.
Outcome in the legal sense remains to be seen.
I can’t imagine how nobody cut this guy off after 4-5 drinks. good grief 😕
Royal Caribbean is going to be sued to the teeth over this.
I imagine the drink packages will come with limits after this. All it takes is one person to ruin it for others.
He had a BMI of 49 which equates to Obesity level 3 the highest category.
His blood alcohol level was not quite as high as I would have expected from 33 drinks (0.182-0.186) probably because he was so big and they do water down the drinks on cruise ships.
Sorry, but I side with the cruise line on this one. If a family member has an issue where he is not responsible for his own actions, then a responsible adult should be with him. The fact that he consumed 33 drinks suggests somebody was not watching him or what he was doing. This reminds me of the 18 month old who fell three stories off a balcony, a person on the street sees this and catches the child, saving it’s life, but still sustained a broken arm during the catch. The parents sued to man who caught the baby for medical bills to set the arm plus damages for “stress”. Fortunately, the judge saw through the ruse and not only dismissed the case, but award the man attorney and court cost PLUS $30,000 in “personal damages”. We need more common sense judges like this.
If you've seen Clerks, you'll get this....
"in a row ?"
“...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?
he drank the drinks himself.
unless the boat forced him to drink they’re not responsible.
The only person responsible is Mr. Virgil.
“the crew injected him with the sedative Haloperidol and used three cans of pepper spray.”
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While 33 drinks is extreme it’s unlikely enough by itself to kill him. Back in the day I’ve drank that much myself upon occasion. Haloperidol is a potent anti-psychotic which contributes to respiratory depression and that along with the 3 cans of pepper spray and the crew piling on him is what killed him so I expect the family to win the lawsuit.
“People need to understand, when you’re on one of those cruise ships your not in the US anymore.”
They weren’t in US where they boarded.
Died doing what he loved
I found the drinks on RC pretty weak. If the guy had 33 of them he must have been waiting in line about 8 hours.
We’re these drinks on his “tab” I wonder..
Did they get his consent for each drink ? So many questions.
Captain Stubing set the limit at 34.