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Karpik v Carnival plc (The Ruby Princess) (Initial Trial), 25 October 2023
This litigation arose out of a cruise on the Ruby Princess between Sydney, Australia, and New Zealand. The claimant and her husband were passengers on that cruise. The claimant’s husband fell ill with Covid-19 while onboard. He was intubated, ventilated, placed into an induced coma, and at one point given only a few days to live. He spent nearly two months in hospital. The claimant also contracted Covid-19. Her symptoms were relatively minor, but she endured witnessing the suffering of her husband and the fear that he was going to die, without being able to be by his bedside because she was in isolation herself. As a result, she suffered a recognised psychiatric illness, namely an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.
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