Brais Law Firm Resolves Texas Passenger's Personal Injury Case with Carnival Cruise Line
The Brais law board certified maritime attorneys resolved a case on behalf of a Texas man who injured his shoulder when he slipped and fell on water in his cabin aboard the Carnival cruise ship SENSATION. Brais Law attorneys argued the ship was not "trimmed" properly which allowed water to slosh over the shower basin and leak onto the cabin's highly polished wooden floor. The case filed in federal court alleges the cruise line's operational negligence combined with the decision to outfit the cabin with an unreasonably slippery floor caused the accident. The parties entered into a confidential settlement while the case was in suit.
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After having a Federal Court declare Carnival's Panamanian choice of law clause within its crew member employment contract unenforceable, the Brais Law Firm brought an arbitration claim on behalf of an injured Grenada seafarer asserting a United States Jones Act claim for negligence. The arbitration claim alleged the crew member injured his knee when he tripped and fell due to an improperly maintained crew stairway and demanded compensation for pain, suffering as well as lost earnings. Shortly after Carnival provided the crew member all necessary medical treatment in Miami, the parties agreed to a confidential settlement. 
The Brais law firm settled a Jones Act negligence and unseaworthienss lawsuit on behalf of a British crewmember who worked as a dancer aboard the Carnival cruise ship MIRACLE. The complaint filed in Miami, Florida allege Carnival cruises was negligence and the cruise ship unseaworthy when the leg of a prop chair the dancer was ordered to perform on broke causing her to fall during a performance. The fall resulted in the crew member breaking her wrist. Court papers assert the chair was not structurally sufficient to be used as a prop and Carnival did not have an adequate maintenance schedule its prop chairs to discover defects before the chairs fail. The seafarer and Carnival entered into a confidential settlement before trial. 
After successfully convincing a Miami Federal Court to declare a provision within Carnival Cruise Line's Seafarers Agreement that deprives the right to bring a United States Jones Act negligence claim unenforceable, the Brais Law attorneys filed an arbitration claim against the cruise line on behalf of a Peruvian stateroom attendant. The arbitration claim alleges Carnival was negligent in causing significant injuries to the seafarer's neck and back by requiring her to work excessive hours without providing another crewmember to assist her with heavy lifting assignments. The claim further alleges Carnival failed to tender a qualified surgeon. This resulted in the performance of a substandard surgery which necessitated an additional surgical procedure to the crewmember's spine. The arbitration claim demands 5 Million Dollars in compensation for pain, disfigurement, lost ability to return to work aboard cruise ships and future medical expenses. 
The attorneys of Brais law have been hired to represent an Italian crewmember who was blinded by the negligent acts of Carnival Cruises. The complaint filed claims Carnival Cruises was negligent by not properly training the crewmember on how to properly mix chemicals for the cruise ship LEGEND's desalinization plaint. This caused a chemical reaction resulting the crewmember's loss of sight. The lawsuit also alleges Carnival Cruises did not provide proper eye protection. A desalination plant converts saltwater into the freshwater used by the ship during its voyages. 
