AMY v. CARNIVAL CORP.

Nos. 18-14917 & 19-10888.

961 F.3d 1303 (2020)

Elizabeth AMY, individually and as parent, natural guardian, and next friend of W.A., a minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CARNIVAL CORPORATION, a Panama corporation doing business as Carnival Cruise Lines, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 16, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Duke Eriksen , The Eriksen Law Firm, West Palm Bch, FL, Paulo R. Lima , Elizabeth Koebel Russo , Russo Appellate Firm, PA, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Curtis J. Mase , Thomas Dennis Alan Briggs , Cameron Wayne Eubanks , William Robert Seitz , Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.; Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Philip M. Burlington , Burlington & Rockenbach, PA, West Palm Bch, FL, for Arnicus Curiae.

Before WILSON, MARCUS, and THAPAR, Circuit Judges.


This maritime-negligence case arises out of an accident that occurred at sea on Carnival's cruise ship Liberty. While on Deck 14 with her family, W.A., a three-year-old female child, climbed and—accounts differ—either fell over or through a guard rail onto Deck 12 and suffered head injuries. W.A.'s mother...

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