BOOTH v. CARNIVAL CORP.

No. 07-10689.

522 F.3d 1148 (2008)

Victor M. BOOTH, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Steve M. Booth, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CARNIVAL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 1, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis J. Mase, Leah Harkiewicz, Mase & Lara, P.A., Beverly D. Eisenstadt, Thornton, Davis & Fein, P.A., Miami, FL, for Carnival Corp.

Joel S. Perwin, Miami, FL, for Booth.

Before ANDERSON and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and TRAGER, District Judge.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-Appellant Carnival Corporation ("Carnival") appeals the denial of its motion to dismiss. Carnival argues that the district court should have dismissed the instant wrongful death suit because the suit was filed after the expiration of a one-year contractual limitation period. The district court, however, in a particularly well-reasoned order, held that the limitation period was subject to equitable tolling during the pendency of the...

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