LATMAN v. COSTA CRUISE LINES, N.V.

Nos. 3D99-852, 3D99-853, 3D99-854.

758 So.2d 699 (2000)

Trudy LATMAN, Nathan Latman, Rosemarie Teitler, Patricia Espinet, Rhonda Katz, Larry Katz, Joyce Kaplan, Carol Dailey, and William Dailey, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. COSTA CRUISE LINES, N.V., Kloster Cruise Lines, and Carnival Cruise Lines, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Gilbert, Coral Gables; Burt & Pucillo, LLP., West Palm Beach; Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP., and Joseph Lipofsky and Robert S. Schachter, Westbury, N.Y., for appellants.

Hicks & Anderson, P.A., and Mark Hicks and Gary A. Magnarini, Miami; Mase & Gassenheimer, P.A., Miami; Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., and Joel Perwin, Miami; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Lewis R. Clayton and Steven C. Herzog, New York City; Rodriguez & Aronson, Coral Gables, for appellees.

Before COPE, GREEN and FLETCHER, JJ.


COPE, J.

In these three consolidated appeals, class action plaintiffs appeal an order denying class certification. We conclude that class certification should have been granted, and reverse the order under review.

I.

The plaintiffs are cruise passengers who traveled on Carnival Cruise Lines, Costa Cruise Lines, N.V., and Kloster Cruise Lines. For the time period at issue here, the passengers' ticket price...

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