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Margaret Scheikowski

Cruise ship firms win class action appeal

Twenty-eight people died after the COVID-19 outbreak on the Ruby Princess in 2020. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

An Australian class action over a deadly coronavirus outbreak on board the Ruby Princess cruise ship cannot include passengers from the United States, an appeal court has found.

In a majority decision on Friday, the Federal Court ruled the claim by Patrick Ho - one of 696 passengers whose contracts were deemed to be subject to US terms and conditions - be stayed.

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