January 13, 2026
Cruise line Carnival urged the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday to reverse a decision awarding $10 million to a passenger who was sexually assaulted, arguing it was unfairly prejudiced when FBI evidence rebutting her testimony was admitted during trial after it was previously rejected by the lower court.
July 11, 2024
Carnival Corp. will have to pay fees related to a discovery dispute stemming from a $10.2 million sexual assault personal injury lawsuit, a Florida federal judge has ruled in a sanctions order, finding that the cruise company must pay a portion of the legal bills of a female passenger after "clear" discovery violations occurred.
May 12, 2023
A Florida federal judge denied Carnival Corp.'s bid for a new trial and the reduction of a $10.2 million jury verdict awarded to a female passenger who claimed a crew member sexually assaulted her, despite FBI evidence suggesting a consensual encounter that the company said changed the facts in the case.
April 18, 2023
Carnival Corp. has asked a Florida federal judge for a new trial after a jury awarded $10.2 million to a female ship passenger on sexual assault allegations, arguing that hearsay FBI notes indicating a consensual encounter were presented to the jury — despite their being told she was falsely imprisoned.
December 20, 2022
Carnival has asked a Florida federal court for a new trial following a jury's $10.2 million verdict in favor of a woman who claimed that an employee of the company imprisoned and raped her during a cruise, saying FBI records were wrongly excluded during the trial.
July 19, 2022
A Florida federal jury awarded $10.2 million Tuesday to a woman who alleged that a Carnival Corp. employee imprisoned and sexually assaulted her during a cruise, finding that the evidence showed the worker did assault her and cause damages.
July 11, 2022
A woman who says she was raped by a Carnival Corp. employee while on a cruise ship told jurors Monday that the cruise line failed to follow the policies and procedures it had in place after the alleged assault in a supply closet that the company's attorney argued was consensual.