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The cruise ship ‘Celebrity Equinox’ in the port of Toulon. The ship is part of the shipping company ‘Celebrity Cruises’ and has a length of 317 meters with a capacity of 2,850 passengers (Photo by JOKER / Helmut Metzmacher/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Celebrity Cruises is facing a lawsuit in which a Florida woman and her family accuse the cruise line of improperly storing her husband’s body in the ship’s cooler, not the morgue.

Jones died of a cardiac medical emergency while on the Celebrity Equinox cruise ship in August 2022, which was traveling from Fort Lauderdale ports in the Eastern Caribbean.

The decision was made to store the body.

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Celebrity Cruises did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment. A representative with Celebrity Cruises on Friday said in an email toNBC News: “Due to the sensitivity of the alleged facts and out of respect for the family, we decline to comment on the matter.”

source: people.com