HIGGS v. COSTA CROCIERE S.P.A. CO.

No. 19-10371.

969 F.3d 1295 (2020)

Joyce D. HIGGS, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. COSTA CROCIERE S.P.A. COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 14, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas A. Homan , Robert Chaffin , The Chaffin Law Firm, HOUSTON, TX, Angela Valentina Arango-Chaffin , The Law Office of Angela Arango-Chaffin, MIAMI BEACH, FL, Andrew Bender , The Bender Law Firm, PLLC, HOUSTON, TX, James C. Higgs , Stein & Higgs, PLLC, MT PLEASANT, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Richard J. McAlpin , Walter Cooper Jarnagin , McAlpin Conroy, PA, MIAMI, FL, Adria G. Notari , Notari Law, PA, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

Before WILSON, MARCUS and BUSH, Circuit Judges.


On Christmas Eve, 2014, Joyce Higgs tripped over a bucket in a dining area of the cruise ship Costa Luminosa and sustained serious injuries to her left shoulder. She sued the cruise company, defendant Costa Crociere ("Costa"), for negligently placing the bucket behind a corner in a highly-trafficked...

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