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CARNIVAL CORPORATION v. MENDOZA

No. 3D06-341.

949 So.2d 1154 (2007)

CARNIVAL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Digno Rivera MENDOZA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 28, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mase & Lara, P.A., and Curtis J. Mase, and Beverly D. Eisenstadt, Miami, for appellant.

Downs Brill Whitehead, Pembroke Pines; Ralph O. Anderson, Davie, for appellee.

Before GERSTEN, GREEN, and FLETCHER, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Carnival Corporation ("Carnival") appeals a final judgment awarding its former seaman, Digno Rivera Mendoza, compensatory damages on his maintenance and cure claim after a bench trial. The damages were awarded based upon the trial court's conclusion that Carnival had unreasonably refused payment for Mendoza's back surgery. Mendoza injured his back while working aboard a Carnival vessel. On this appeal, Carnival raises three issues, one of which warrants...

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