Holland America hit with lawsuit over deadly COVID-19 outbreak onboard MS Zaandam

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  • Passengers stricken with COVID-19 onboard Holland America's MS Zaandam have filed suit against the cruise line.
  • The lawsuit alleges Holland America did not take proper precautions when it came to protecting passengers from the coronavirus.
  • "This cruise was a life-threatening nightmare," Lieff Cabraser partner Kenny Byrd said in a statement, saying that Holland America failed to act "even as the virus spread through the passengers and crew."
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The Holland America Line has been hit with a lawsuit over the fatal outbreak of COVID-19 onboard the MS Zaandam in March.

The filing from Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, Tousley Brain Stephens PLLC and Barrett Johnston Martin & Garrison, LLC indicates that the plaintiffs are seeking to make the suit a federal class-action injury lawsuit against both Holland America and its parent company Carnival Corporation. The group of law firms filed the suit in Washington state "on behalf of cruise ship passengers who traveled on the MS Zaandam in March 2020 and were negligently exposed" to coronavirus, according to a statement sent to Business Insider.

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