Cases involving injuries to cruise ship passengers may include injuries, deaths, missing passengers who apparently fell in the ocean, passengers being hit by falling objects, food poisoning, being thrown by rough seas due to the neglect of the captain and nearly every other conceivable type of injury possible on land can exist on cruise ships. Injuries also occur when passengers leave the ship to visit ports of call. Cruise ships arrange and promote tours, trips, scuba, fishing and other activities and sometimes they do not check out or monitor the safety of these companies that provide the services the cruise ship sells to the passengers.
Myakka City (also Miakka, Miakka City, or Myakka) is an unincorporated community in southeastern Manatee County, Florida, United States. It lies along State Road 70 southeast of the city of Bradenton, the county seat of Manatee County. Its elevation is 43 feet (13 m), and it is located at 27°20′59″N 82°9′41″W / 27.34972°N 82.16139°W / 27.34972; -82.16139Coordinates: 27°20′59″N 82°9′41″W / 27.34972°N 82.16139°W / 27.34972; -82.16139 (27.3497671, -82.1614780). Although Myakka is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 34251; the ZCTA for ZIP code 34251 had a population of 4,239 at the 2000 census.