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Cruise Line Ordered to Pay $300,000 After Serving Passenger 14 Shots of Tequila in One Day
Jurors found Carnival 60% at fault after Diana Sanders said crew members kept serving her tequila despite visible intoxication.
- On April 10, a Miami jury awarded $300,000 to 45-year-old nurse Diana Sanders, finding Carnival Corp. negligent for over-serving her alcohol aboard a cruise ship.
- Sanders suffered a severe fall and traumatic brain injury on the Carnival Radiance after staff served her at least 14 tequila shots over roughly eight-and-a-half hours in January 2024.
- The jury apportioned 60% of fault to Carnival and 40% to Sanders, concluding the cruise line had a duty to supervise passengers likely to engage in dangerous behavior.
- A Carnival spokesperson said on Tuesday that the company "respectfully disagrees with the verdict and believes there are grounds for a new trial and appeal," which it will pursue.
- Similar litigation involves 35-year-old Michael Virgil, whose family sued Miami-based Royal Caribbean in December 2025, alleging staff served him 33 drinks before he died aboard a cruise.
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Carnival Cruise Line must pay $300,000 to passenger after overserving alcohol led to fall, Miami jury finds
Carnival Cruise Line must pay $300,000 to a former passenger after a federal jury in South Florida found that the company was negligent in serving the woman more than a dozen shots of tequila before she fell and suffered a possible traumatic brain injury.
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What is the responsibility of cruisers for the consumption of their passenger's alcohol? The question arose during a trial after the accident on board the Carnival Radiance. Sentenced to pay 300...
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