NEWELL v. CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES

No. 3D14-2435.

180 So.3d 178 (2015)

Marie NEWELL, Appellant, v. CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied December 28, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hoines, Hess & Rose, and David A. Hoines , Ft. Lauderdale, for appellant.

Mase Lara, P.A., and Richard D. Lara and Cameron W. Eubanks , Miami, for appellee.

Before SHEPHERD, ROTHENBERG and SCALES, JJ.


The plaintiff below, Maria Newell ("Newell"), appeals the trial court's order granting with prejudice the defendant's, Carnival Cruise Lines ("Carnival"), motion to dismiss Newell's negligence action based on its determination that the lawsuit should have been filed in federal court. Because the federal court has admiralty jurisdiction...

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