Lawsuit accuses Costa Cruise Lines of hiding a suspected case of coronavirus and jeopardizing 2,000 guests on the Costa Luminosa

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• A former passenger has sued Costa Cruise Lines after sailing on a cruise where 36 passengers tested positive for COVID-19.
• The lawsuit alleges that Costa Cruise Lines endangered passengers on the Costa Luminosa.
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A former cruise ship passenger has filed suit against Costa Cruise Lines, alleging that the cruise company endangered lives by covering up a case of coronavirus onboard one of its vessels. The lawsuit accuses the cruise line of fostering conditions on board the Costa Luminosa that resulted in 36 passengers to contract COVID-19 on a transatlantic voyage.

A passenger named Paul Turner filed the lawsuit in Florida on April 7, arguing that the cruise company "subjected over 2,000 passengers to the highly contagious coronavirus, and exposing passengers to actual risk of immediate physical injury and death." 

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