A woman whose husband died from a cardiac event while on a cruise in August has filed a lawsuit against Celebrity Cruises, alleging that his body was improperly stored in a drink cooler causing it to decompose and dashing her hopes for an open casket wake and funeral.
Marilyn Jones, 78, was at sea with Robert Jones, her husband of 55 years, when he died onboard the Celebrity Equinox on August 15, she said in a complaint obtained by UPI. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, also names the couple’s two daughters and three grandchildren as plaintiffs.
Jones said in the lawsuit that she was told by Equinox staff that she could choose whether her husband’s body would be removed from the ship when it docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico, or stored on the ship until it reached Fort Lauderdale in Florida six days later.
[Quite a story. I was not aware cruise ships were required to have a working morgue, but considering the number of people aboard, it makes sense. ~ Beege]
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