Federal Judge Vacates $433,000 Award To Cruise Passenger Who Fell Ice Skating

Mealey's (January 14, 2019, 8:40 PM EST) -- MIAMI — A Florida federal judge on Dec. 18 threw out a $433,000 jury award to a cruise passenger who fell while skating on the ship’s ice rink.  The judge held that no evidence was presented from which a reasonable juror could conclude that the cruise line knew or should have known about the uneven ice and a broken skate lace that together created a hazardous condition (Edgardo Lebron v. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., No. 16-24687, S.D. Fla., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 212718)....