GAVIGAN v. CELEBRITY CRUISES, INC.

Case No. 11-21460-CIV.

843 F.Supp.2d 1254 (2011)

Michael GAVIGAN as Personal Representative of the Estate of Joseph Thomas Gavigan, Jr., Plaintiff, v. CELEBRITY CRUISES INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida.

October 12, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Steven Brais , Richard Dennis Rusak , Brais & Associates PA, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff.

Darren Wayne Friedman , Danielle Portia Rubin , Foreman Friedman, PA, Lauren J. Smith , Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, Miami, FL, for Defendant.


ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS

PATRICIA A. SEITZ, District Judge.

This case involves an illness resulting in death during a pleasure cruise. Joseph Gavigan, Jr., a passenger aboard the cruise ship Solstice, allegedly contracted Norovirus and died while aboard that vessel. The personal representative of the estate has filed suit and asserts three claims under the Death On the High Seas Act ("DOHSA"), 46 U.S.C. § 30302 and one claim for...

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