Marianne Malley v. Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD

Plaintiff Marianne Malley fell while attempting to step onto a high coaming on Defendant Royal Caribbean Cruise’s ship. A coaming is a raised divider. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant was negligent for failing to warn of the coaming’s unreasonable height, which created a dangerous situation in which passengers were likely to fall, and for creating a negligent mode of operation. The district court granted Defendant’s motion for summary judgment and Plaintiff appealed. After careful review, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Factual Background

In February 2015, Plaintiff and her family took a cruise on…