The following is a description of a personal injury case we have filed which resulted from an unreasonabley slippery flooring surface. This is a case involving a personal injury aboard the Carnival Pride, a cruise ship owned by Carnival Cruise Lines.

Carnival Corporation owns and operates the cruise ship, Carnival Pride. Carnival Corporation through its employees on the Carnival Pride failed to maintain its floor and allowed a large area of water to remain on a slick, slippery multicolored floor surface on the Lido Deck of the Carnival Pride, near the pool. The puddle caused the surface onto which it flowed to be slick, slippery, and extremely dangerous. Carnival knew or should have known that that particular floor is prone to having water spills because of its location adjacent to the pool. Further, Carnival should have cleaned up and dried up the large area of water on the slick, slippery multicolored surface where passengers are allowed to walk.

This slick, slippery multicolored floor surface, used on other Carnival ships as well as the Pride, is a product of API. API is a company that produces multiple types of flooring surfaces used for marine environments. The API surface that Carnival has chosen for the Carnival Pride and other cruise ships has proven to be extremely slippery, especially when wet. The case we are describing here is a perfect example.

As a result of the Carnival’s negligence, our client, on August 22, 2009, walked into the area and she slipped and fell on the extremely slick, slippery API flooring. Our client in this case broke her right kneecap, which required surgery and implantation of hardware. Since the accident, our client has needed multiple surgeries and will still need more in the future.

DUGGINS-BAKER v. DISCOVERY CRUISE LINE

The following is a description of a personal injury case we have filed. This is a case involving a personal injury aboard the Discovery Sun, a ship owned by Discovery Cruise Line Partnership.

The cruise line maintains and provides for passenger use a steep spiral staircase with low railing and small interior steps. The interior steps and the low railing and the steepness of the spiral staircase itself, along with the material used on the rise and tread of these steps are inappropriate and unreasonable for use by passengers. Further, the cruise line has arrows on the exterior portion of the staircase indicating that that part of the staircase is to be used by people ascending the staircase. Thus, the cruise line directed people descending the staircase to use the interior part of the staircase, the portion of the staircase with the smaller steps. For people using the interior part of the staircase, this is extremely dangerous. Accordingly, when a passenger, our client, descended the subject staircase on the inside as directed by the sign, the tread was not wide enough to hold her foot, the railing was not high enough to prevent her from falling, and she fell over the railing and down two decks from Deck 8 to Deck 6. Our client suffered serious, debilitating, and permanent injuries including a fractured pelvis and fractured vertebrae.

Police in Miami-Dade County have identified the man who allegedly died from a peanut allergy on the Norwegian Epic, the company’s newest ship. Kevin Edouard, a 21 year old man from Spring Valley, NY, passed away on August 14, 2010, shortly after the Epic left the Port of Miami. Mr. Edouard was a recent graduate of SUNY Morrisville and is survived by his parents and three siblings.

Even though it is suspected that Mr. Edouard’s death was due to a peanut allergy, officials are remaining quiet about specifics.

Police say his cause of death remains unclassified pending the results of an autopsy. However, the FBI said Edouard had a fatal allergic reaction, while NCL stated he suffered a heart attack and declined to give further information citing privacy concerns.

Primary Sources:

http://cbs4.com/local/epic.Kevin.Edouard.2.1861911.html

http://www.nyjnews.com/obituary/obit.php3?id=3049568

MERLO v. ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINE

The following is a description of a personal injury case we have filed. This is a case involving a personal injury aboard the Liberty of the Seas, a cruise ship owned by Royal Caribbean Cruise Line.

Royal Caribbean Cruises owns and operates the cruise ship, Liberty of the Seas. Royal Caribbean maintains a self-serve yogurt machine on the pool deck of that ship. That yogurt machine has excessive condensation and other dripping water and liquid. Yet, the cruise line chooses not to monitor the machine, or the leaking or condensation from the machine. The machine caused a large puddle of excess water to flow from the machine into the walking area near the machine. This puddle accumulated over the course of hours. The puddle caused the surface onto which it flowed to be slick, slippery, and extremely dangerous. When our client, on June 1, 2009, walked into the area, she slipped and fell, causing serious, debilitating, and permanent injuries. Our client in this case fractured her wrist, which required wrist surgery and implantation of hardware and may be required to undergo more surgery in the future.

QUANT v. CARNIVAL

The following is a description of a personal injury case we have filed. This is a case involving a personal injury aboard the Carnival Triumph, a cruise ship owned by Carnival Cruise Lines.

The Defendant cruise line, Carnival Corporation, owns and operates the cruise ship, Carnival Triumph. Carnival Corporation through its employees on the Carnival Triumph failed to maintain its floor and allowed food to remain on a slick, slippery marble floor surface in the Paris Dining Room, near Table 322. The food on the floor caused the surface of the floor to be slick, slippery, and extremely dangerous. Carnival knew or should have known that that particular floor is prone to having liquid and/or food spills because of its functional capacity as a dining room. Further, Carnival should have cleaned up and dried up the food on the slick, slippery marble surface where passengers are allowed to walk. A Carnival waiter pulled our client out of her seat and onto the dance floor and right into the marble tiled floor, where someone had previously spilled food. The actions of the waiter and the food on the floor made the floor slick and dangerous. As a result of Carnival’s negligence, our client slipped and fell, causing serious, debilitating, and permanent injuries. Our client in this case broke her coccyx and sustained other severe spinal injuries, which required surgery and implantation of hardware. Our client may be required to undergo surgery in the future.

GILLILAND v. CARNIVAL

The following is a description of a personal injury case we have filed. This is a case involving a personal injury aboard the Carnival Holiday, a cruise ship owned by Carnival Cruise Lines.

On July 17, 2009, Carnival Cruise Lines escorted our client on a guided tour of the kitchen galley. Our client was guided through the galley and through liquid that was present on the floor by Carnival personnel. Carnival knew that water and other liquid substances collect on the floor of the galley, as did members of the Carnival kitchen staff who were present at the time of the guided tour. Yet, Carnival allowed the liquid to exist on the kitchen galley floor without cleaning it up and thereby posing a slipping hazard to passengers, such as our client, who would be escorted through the galley. In fact, on the day and time of the accident, our client was escorted through the galley and the water by Carnival personnel and slipped and fell suffering severe, debilitating, and permanent injuries.

KABA v. CARNIVAL CORPORATION

The following is a description of a personal injury case we have filed. This is a case involving a personal injury aboard the Carnival Pride, a cruise ship owned by Carnival Cruise Lines.

Carnival Corporation, owns and operates the cruise ship, Carnival Pride. Carnival Corporation through its employees on the Carnival Pride failed to maintain its floor and allowed a large area of water to remain on a slick, slippery multicolored floor surface on the Lido Deck of the Carnival Pride, near the pool. The puddle caused the surface onto which it flowed to be slick, slippery, and extremely dangerous. Carnival knew or should have known that that particular floor is prone to having water spills because of its location adjacent to the pool. Further, Carnival should have cleaned up and dried up the large area of water on the slick, slippery multicolored surface where passengers are allowed to walk.

As a result of the Carnival’s negligence, our client, on August 22, 2009, walked into the area and she slipped and fell, causing serious, debilitating, and permanent injuries. Our client in this case broke her right kneecap, which required surgery and implantation of hardware. Since the accident, our client has needed multiple surgeries and will continue to need more in the future.

A tragic death shocked cruise ship passengers aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest ship, the Epic. After setting sail out of Miami for a seven day cruise to the Caribbean, passengers were informed that the boat would be returning to port.

One passenger onboard the Epic later wrote:

”My son and I were in the show with comedian/magician and they called a CODE ALPHA to a cabin on the 11th deck,” she wrote in her post. ”About 15 minutes later they paged three guests (all with the same last name) to call 00 or go to customer service immediately. About 15 minutes after that the cruise director came on and said we were headed back to Miami because of a medical emergency.”

A Norwegian Cruise Line spokesperson reported the death of the 21 year old unnamed male passenger was caused by a heart attack. Other sources have said that a food allergy is what caused the “heart attack.”

Primary Sources:

http://www.emaxhealth.com/1024/man-dies-food-allergic-reaction-aboard-cruise-ship

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/08/15/1777713/death-forces-ship-to-return.html