NEW COMMODORE CRUISE LINES, LTD. v. SABIO

No. 98-320.

724 So.2d 149 (1998)

NEW COMMODORE CRUISE LINES, LIMITED, Appellant, v. Luis SABIO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horr, Linfors & Skipp, David J. Horr, Miami, and Stephanie H. Wylie, for Appellant.

Rivkind & Pedraza, Miami; Cooper & Wolfe, Sharon L. Wolfe and Barbara A. Silverman, Miami, for Appellee.

Before NESBITT, GODERICH and SHEVIN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant, New Commodore Cruise Lines, Limited [NCCL], appeals from an order denying its motion to transfer venue to Broward County. We reverse.

Luis Sabio, a seaman working aboard the Universe Explorer in Alaska, was injured by a fire at sea. Sabio filed suit against NCCL in Dade County alleging Jones Act negligence, unseaworthiness, and failure to provide maintenance and cure. The complaint...

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