Grayson v. Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc.

The cruise line passenger injured in this slip and fall action appeals the summary judgment entered in the cruise line’s favor. We reverse.

Appellants Rolf and Myra Grayson were fare-paying passengers on Carnival Cruise Lines’ “Jubilee.” The Graysons and their friends left the veranda deck and descended to the pool deck via a set of stairs that terminated between 20 and 35 feet from the pool. Some minutes earlier, appellants had observed employees working on the pool and had seen water splashing over the pool’s sides. Mr. Grayson claims he stepped from the stairs directly into a puddle one to…