A Federal Court judge said the operator of the Ruby Princess should have cancelled a voyage from Sydney to New Zealand at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Federal Court judge has found the operator of the Ruby Princess cruise ship should have cancelled a voyage from Sydney to New Zealand at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and made misleading representations to passengers that it was reasonably safe to embark on the cruise.
Henry Karpik, a retired police officer, began to feel unwell on the ship and was admitted to intensive care at Wollongong Hospital on March 21 with COVID-19. He was intubated, ventilated and placed in a medically induced coma. Stewart found he most likely contracted the virus on the ship. “To the respondents’ knowledge, to proceed with the cruise carried a significant risk of a coronavirus outbreak with possible disastrous consequences, yet they proceeded regardless,” Stewart said.
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