ANDRIES v. ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES, LTD.

No. 3D08-845.

12 So.3d 260 (2009)

Aulette ANDRIES, Appellant, v. ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES, LTD., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernstein, Chackman, Liss & Rose and Neil Rose and Seth M. Loft (Hollywood); Steven M. Dunn, for appellant.

Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel and Michael J. Dono and Jerry D. Hamilton and Jennifer Quildon Miller, Miami, for appellee.

Before CORTIÑAS and SALTER, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.


SALTER, J.

Aulette Andries appeals an adverse final summary judgment on her Jones Act and maintenance and cure claims against a passenger cruise line. Ms. Andries alleged that her staphylococcus infection1 was incorrectly treated by medical staff aboard her ship and that this resulted in the onset of an incurable kidney disease known as "immunoglobulin A nephropathy" ("IgA nephropathy"). The circuit court granted summary judgment because...

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