MIAMI – A New York woman claims the crew of a cruise ship broke her shoulder while providing assistance.
Francis Reisman filed a complaint on Aug. 10 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Miami Division against Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD alleging negligence.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that while she while she was lounging in her cabin, a jolt caused by the vessel traveling at an unsafe rate of speed knocked the plaintiff across the room and land under a bed. She also alleges that while being moved to a stretcher, the emergency crew broke her right shoulder and that she had to spend the next 10 days of the cruise in pain. She claims the defendant's actions caused her to suffer disability, mental anguish, medical expenses, nursing care and treatment and lost wages.
The plaintiff holds Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD responsible because the defendant allegedly failed to maintain and operate its vessel with reasonable care, failed to respond to emergencies in a timely manner and failed to warn passengers of the dangerous condition.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks judgment against defendant, damages, expense of hospitalization, interest, costs and all other relief that the court deems just. She is represented by William D. Minnix, Matthias M. Hayashi and Spencer Marc Aronfeld of Aronfeld Trial Lawyers in Coral Gables.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Miami Division Case number 1:16-cv-23452