Norwegian Cruise Line asked a federal judge on Friday to challenge Florida's vaccine passport ban due to the cruise company's own vaccine passport policy, adding that it would refuse to sail out from Miami until the state's law is changed.
Norwegian Cruise Line is wrangling with the State of Florida in a US District Federal Court.Norwegian requires all staff and customers to show proof of immunity and be vaccinated.Norwegian Cruise Line asked a federal judge on Friday to challenge Florida's vaccine passport ban due to the cruise company's own vaccine passport policy, adding that it would refuse to sail out from Miami until the state's law is changed.lawyers for the company said the law Gov.
Under the law and as things stand in the legal challenge mounted by Norwegian Cruise Line, if they enforce vaccine documentation, the company could be fined $5,000 for each passenger who is turned away for lacking proof of immunity. A Norwegian Cruise Line ship is scheduled to sail out of Miami on August 15.
"Don't you think it's odd the statute doesn't worry about discrimination of the state's employees who are here in Florida but is focused on patrons of a business, who in this case, are sailing away to other ports of call?" Williams said.hitting record levels. "One anomalous, misguided intrusion threatens to spoil NCLH's careful planning and force it to cancel or hobble upcoming cruises, thereby imperiling and impairing passengers' experiences and inflicting irreparable harm of vast dimensions," the legal team added.Norwegian Cruise Line as well as other companies shut down cruise operations in March 2020 following multiple COVID-19 outbreaks, and after a "No Sail," order implemented by the CDC.
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