CANALES v. COMPANIA DE VAPORES REALMA, S.A.

No. 89-1203.

564 So.2d 1212 (1990)

Medardo Flores CANALES, Appellant, v. COMPANIA DE VAPORES REALMA, S.A., and International Ships Services, Ltd., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 31, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brett Rivkind, Miami, for appellant.

Shutts & Bowen and Richard M. Leslie and Glenn A. Harris and Lisa T. Rubio, Miami, for appellees.

Before BASKIN, JORGENSON and GODERICH, JJ.


BASKIN, Judge.

Merdado Flores Canales appeals the entry of an adverse final judgment in his action against Compania de Vapores Realma, S.A., and International Ships Services, Ltd., (collectively "the shipowner") for damages resulting from injuries he sustained while performing his duties aboard the M/V Dolphin. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Canales was injured when he slipped and fell down a set of stairs on the M/V Dolphin while executing his shipboard...

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