CARNIVAL CORP. v. CARLISLE

No. SC04-393.

953 So.2d 461 (2007)

CARNIVAL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Darce CARLISLE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodolfo Sorondo, Jr., and Lenore C. Smith of Holland and Knight, LLP, Miami, FL; and Jeffrey B. Maltzman and Darren W. Friedman of Kaye, Rose and Maltzman, LLP, Miami, FL, for Petitioner.

David H. Pollack of the Law Office of David H. Pollack, LLC, Miami, FL; and Charles Lipcon of Lipcon, Margulies and Alsina, P.A., Miami, FL, for Respondent.

John Campbell and Richard Malafy of Campbell and Malafy, Coral Gables, Florida, on behalf of the International Council of Cruise Lines; and Robert D. Peltz of McIntosh, Sawran, Peltz, Cartaya and Pettruccelli, P.A., Miami, FL, on behalf of the Florida Maritime Lawyer's Association, as Amici Curiae.


QUINCE, J.

We have for review a decision of a district court of appeal on the following question, which the court certified to be of great public importance:

WHETHER A CRUISE LINE IS VICARIOUSLY LIABLE FOR THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE OF THE SHIPBOARD DOCTOR, COMMITTED ON A SHIP'S PASSENGER?

Carlisle v. Carnival Corp., 864 So.2d 1, 8 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4)...

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