Federal Judge Refuses To Vacate Arbitral Award For Cruise Line

Mealey's (November 7, 2018, 1:41 PM EST) -- MIAMI — A Florida federal magistrate judge on Nov. 6 recommended that a cruise line worker’s motion to vacate an arbitral award be denied, which rejected her claims for damages related to an alleged injury aboard a vessel and surgery, and confirmed the award in favor of the cruise line, holding that the challenges to the award involved the arbitrator’s evidentiary findings (Shera Hodgson Williams v. NCL [Bahamas] Ltd., No. 18-22774, S.D. Fla., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 189286)....