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Cruise line sued by family of woman lost from ship

By wire services
Published November 22, 2005

MIAMI - The family of a Wisconsin woman who disappeared from a cruise ship sued Carnival Corp. Monday, saying the crew's failure to monitor a surveillance camera delayed search and rescue efforts.

The camera in the area where Annette Mizener's purse was found had been covered, preventing the crew from seeing her go overboard, according to the lawsuit filed in Miami.

"Had they checked on it immediately when it was covered, they would have known she was overboard," said Charles Lipcon, a Miami attorney representing Mizener's family.

Mizener, 37, disappeared from the Carnival Pride on Dec. 4 during a cruise in Mexico with her parents and 17-year-old daughter. Her body was never found.

Governor backs extending Salvadoran migrants' stay

CORAL GABLES - Gov. Jeb Bush offered support Monday for Salvadoran President Tony Saca's effort to get the federal government to allow Salvadorans in the United States illegally to remain in the wake of Hurricane Stan.

Many immigrants from El Salvador received temporary permission in 2001 after an earthquake flattened thousands of homes in the Central American country. Saca wants that protected status to extend to Salvadorans affected by Stan, which ripped through Central America in October and led to nearly 1,000 deaths.

"I think it has merit, principally because we have not reformed our immigration laws, which we need to do," Bush said of Saca's request. "... There needs to be some recognition of status for people who've been here for many, many years."

Bush offered his support at a news conference following a meeting to promote free trade.

Police arrest hit-run suspect in I-95 pileup

NORTH MIAMI - Officials on Monday arrested a driver who allegedly fled the scene after his car was involved in an accident that killed a Miami woman and led to Interstate 95 being closed for more than five hours early Saturday.

Charges were pending against Mark David Ivey, 44, said Lt. Pat Santangelo, a Florida Highway Patrol spokesman.

Witnesses said Ivey's northbound Dodge Intrepid hit a car driven by Laquinta Brunson, 25, about 4 a.m. Saturday. Brunson's car then was hit by two oncoming vehicles. She died at the scene.

According to a witness who followed the damaged Intrepid until it became disabled about a mile north, the driver ran away.

Five more collisions involving 11 vehicles followed the first crash.

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