ORPE v. CARNIVAL CORP.

No. 3D02-3186.

909 So.2d 929 (2005)

Colin ORPE, Appellant, v. CARNIVAL CORPORATION and Gary Ferris, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 3, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lipcon, Margulies & Alsina; and Rebecca B. Watford, Miami, for appellant.

Kaye, Rose & Maltzman, and Darren W. Friedman, and Rachel S. Cohen, Miami, for Appellee, Carnival Corporation.

Before RAMIREZ, WELLS, and SHEPHERD, JJ.


RAMIREZ, J.

Colin Orpe appeals a final judgment entered in a negligence action. Because the trial court would not allow Orpe to present the testimony of his expert witness at trial, we reverse.

Dr. Marc Wilson was Orpe's sole liability expert witness. Orpe was injured while he was a passenger on Carnival Corporation's vessel Holiday when his cabin bathroom door swung shut and severed a portion of his finger. The door opened outward and a magnetic device...

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