HIRSCH v. KLOSTERS REDERI A/S

No. 87-2175.

521 So.2d 316 (1988)

Elizabeth HIRSCH, Appellant, v. KLOSTERS REDERI A/S, d/b/a Norwegian Caribbean Lines, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Urich & Shenkman, P.A., and Stephen C. Shenkman, for appellant.

Patton & Kanner and Michael F. Guilford, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ.


JORGENSON, Judge.

Elizabeth Hirsch sustained injuries when she slipped and fell while descending a stairway on the M/S Sunward II, a Norwegian Caribbean Lines [Norwegian] cruise ship on which she was a passenger. More than one year after the date of her accident, she brought a negligence action against the steamship line. The contract of passage provided for a one-year period of limitations.1 The trial court granted Norwegian's

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