Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. v. Rigby

This is an appeal of an order requiring Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. to pay a seaman indefinite maintenance benefits of twenty-five dollars per day and the cost of rehabilitation, based upon a request made, without supporting evidence, during a motion calendar. The majority opines that because it failed to appeal a prior interlocutory injunction, also obtained without supporting evidence, requiring it to provide the seaman with temporary housing in Miami, Royal Caribbean is barred from challenging the current order. Because the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure authorize but do not compel…