Legal Opinion
Hodgson v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided August 4, 2009No. Case 09-20798-CIVPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CECILIA M. ALTONAGA, District Judge.
THIS CAUSE came before the Court on Defendant, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.’s (“RCCL[’s]”) Motion to Compel Arbitration [D.E. 13], filed April 30, 2009. The Court has carefully considered the parties’ written submissions and applicable law.
I. BACKGROUND
In June 2006 Gregory A. Hodgson, a seaman from Nicaragua and now a former employee of RCCL, was working aboard RCCL’s Sovereign of the Seas when he slipped, fell and injured himself. In September 2008 Hodgson sued RCCL in state court for damages arising from his injury. Six months later RCCL removed the…
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