Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Snoddy

This is an appeal by Carnival Cruise Lines from a judgment in an action brought by Thomas H. Snoddy for injuries he sustained while a passenger aboard a cruise ship owned by Carnival Cruise Lines.

Snoddy, a high school mathematics teacher, was a chaperone for a group of high school students aboard the cruise ship TSSMardi Gras. Snoddy's injury was the result of an early morning fall on March 15, 1978, from the upper bunk in his cabin, apparently while he was still asleep. As a result of his fall, Snoddy suffered an open fracture of the left leg. He was treated aboard the ship and subsequently…