An attorney for the Indiana family of an 18-month-old girl who fell to her death from a cruise ship says Puerto Rican prosecutors' decision to charge her grandfather with negligent homicide is "pouring salt" on the family's wounds. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Latest on charges filed in the death of an Indiana girl who fell from a cruise ship (all times local): 10:25 a.m. An attorney for the Indiana family of an 18-month-old girl who fell to her death from a cruise ship s

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — An attorney for the Indiana family of an 18-month-old girl who fell to her death from a cruise ship in July said Puerto Rican prosecutors’ decision to charge her grandfather with negligent homicide is “pouring salt” on the family’s wounds. A judge in Puerto Rico recently ordered the arrest of Salvatore Anello after prosecutors submitted evidence saying that Chloe Wiegand fell from Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas cruise ship when Anello raised her

2 April 2015 0:00 GMT Updated 2 April 2015 0:00 GMT by Eric Martin ; New York The family of Briana Martins, who was 17 when she took the holiday onboard the 137,000-gt Explorer of the Seas (built 2000) Download PDF Briana Martins, Judge Jonathan Goodman, Jonathan Goodman, Lalit K. Jain Esq., Marla Martins, Martins v. Royal Caribbean, Case 15-cv-21124-JG, USDC SD FLORIDA, 15-cv-21124-JG, Eleventh Circuit, Miami -Dade District Court, Department of Justice, Florida Cou

Passenger died from bacteria-laden food, complaint says Ruling rejects claim that ship’s doctors were independent contractors The family of a teenager who died of salmonella poisoning on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship may pursue wrongful death and negligence claims against the company, the Southern District of Florida ruled Nov. 3 (Martins v. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 2016 BL 368221, S.D. Fla., 15-cv-21124, 11/3/16). The ruling rejected defense claims that the ship’s docto

A Florida federal judge on Friday admonished a mother who sued Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. over her teenage daughter's salmonella death and then turned down a $500,000 settlement offer, ordering her... By Mike LaSusa June 7, 2019, 11:00 PM EDT Download PDF Briana Martins, Judge Jonathan Goodman, Jonathan Goodman, Lalit K. Jain Esq., Marla Martins, Martins v. Royal Caribbean, Case 15-cv-21124-JG, USDC SD FLORIDA, 15-cv-21124-JG, Eleventh Circuit, Miami -Dade District Court,

MIAMI — A Florida judge has dismissed a wrongful death case filed by the mother of a woman who died from salmonella on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. On Jan. 16, U.S. District Judge Jonathan Goodman dismissed a wrongful death claim against Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., filed by Marla Martins in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Miami Division. The court ruling in favor of Royal Caribbean came after Martins "failed to proceed with the previously sc

U.S. Magistrate Judge Johnathan Goodman didn't mince his words, writing that the plaintiff was "on the wrong end" of a sanctions motion because she'd abused the court system and unduly prejudiced the defense. Marla Martins hired lawyers to sue Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. after her daughter died aboard ship, but the case nose-dived when she continued pro se. U.S. Magistrate Jonathan Goodman made an example of a pro se litigant, penning an order sanctioning Marla Martins with