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MURATORE v. M/S SCOTIA PRINCE
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit (1988) | 845 F.2d 347
TL;DR: Passenger sued cruise line after being harassed by ship photographers. The court found the contractual time limit in the group ticket invalid due to lack of notice, held the carrier vicariously liable for the photographers' intentional infliction of emotional distress, but reversed the punitive damages award.
Legal Significance: Establishes that under admiralty law, carriers must ensure individual notice of contract limitations for group passengers and clarifies that punitive damages against a carrier for employee torts require corporate complicity (authorization, ratification, or potentially managerial action).