July 11, 2024
Carnival Corp. will have to pay fees related to a discovery dispute stemming from a $10.2 million sexual assault personal injury lawsuit, a Florida federal judge has ruled in a sanctions order, finding that the cruise company must pay a portion of the legal bills of a female passenger after "clear" discovery violations occurred.
May 12, 2023
A Florida federal judge denied Carnival Corp.'s bid for a new trial and the reduction of a $10.2 million jury verdict awarded to a female passenger who claimed a crew member sexually assaulted her, despite FBI evidence suggesting a consensual encounter that the company said changed the facts in the case.
April 18, 2023
Carnival Corp. has asked a Florida federal judge for a new trial after a jury awarded $10.2 million to a female ship passenger on sexual assault allegations, arguing that hearsay FBI notes indicating a consensual encounter were presented to the jury — despite their being told she was falsely imprisoned.
December 20, 2022
Carnival has asked a Florida federal court for a new trial following a jury's $10.2 million verdict in favor of a woman who claimed that an employee of the company imprisoned and raped her during a cruise, saying FBI records were wrongly excluded during the trial.
July 19, 2022
A Florida federal jury awarded $10.2 million Tuesday to a woman who alleged that a Carnival Corp. employee imprisoned and sexually assaulted her during a cruise, finding that the evidence showed the worker did assault her and cause damages.
July 11, 2022
A woman who says she was raped by a Carnival Corp. employee while on a cruise ship told jurors Monday that the cruise line failed to follow the policies and procedures it had in place after the alleged assault in a supply closet that the company's attorney argued was consensual.