{"id":5340,"date":"2026-04-15T23:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=5340"},"modified":"2026-04-15T23:43:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:43:00","slug":"carnival-cruise-passenger-wins-300k-lawsuit-after-being-served-14-tequila-shots-and-taking-massive-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=5340","title":{"rendered":"Carnival cruise passenger wins $300K lawsuit after being served 14 tequila shots and taking massive fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. <\/p>\n<p>A California nurse won a $300,000 lawsuit against Carnival Corporation after claiming bar staff for the cruise giant overserved her tequila \u2014 causing her to fall and severely injure herself, according to reports. <\/p>\n<p>Diana Sanders, 45, said she was served at least 14 shots of tequila in less than nine hours while aboard a Carnival Radiance ship on Jan. 5, 2024, according to the lawsuit obtained by the Miami Herald. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Diana Sanders, 45, said she was served at least 14 shots of tequila in less than nine hours while aboard a Carnival Radiance ship on Jan. 5, 2024. <span class=\"credit\">TikTok \/ @cruiseshiplawyer<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDue to her inebriated state that was caused by this over-service of alcohol \u2026 D.S. suffered a severe fall between 11:45 p.m. and 20 minutes past midnight,\u201d the complaint said, per the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Her massive tumble down a staircase caused the Northern Californian nurse to suffer \u201csevere injuries,\u201d including a concussion, headaches, back injuries, tailbone injuries, bruising, and a possible traumatic brain injury, the lawsuit added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe woke up, not knowing exactly how she got there at the bottom of the staircase in the crew area,\u201d her lawyer, Spencer Aronfeld, said in a TikTok video alongside Sanders after the verdict. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Sanders\u2019s lawyers argued that bar staff should have cut her off after she became visibly intoxicated, the Herald reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWaking up after blacking out and going to the crew and asking them for help and asking them to tell me what happened was extremely frustrating. They gave me conflicting information, they treated me like a criminal,\u201d Sanders said in the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt bullied, I felt like everything they did was to either mentally torment me or financially torment me. It was a lot over the last two years,\u201d she said of the legal process. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The massive tumble down a staircase of the ship caused the Northern Californian nurse to suffer \u201csevere injuries,\u201d including a concussion and a possible traumatic brain injury. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Crew members had a reasonable duty of care towards Sanders, including \u201cto supervise and\/or assist passengers aboard the vessel who Carnival knew, or should have known, were engaging, or were likely to engage in behavior potentially dangerous to themselves or others aboard the vessel,\u201d according to court documents obtained by the publication.<\/p>\n<p>A Miami federal jury ultimately ruled in Sanders\u2019s favor on Friday, awarding her $300,000 in damages \u2014 surpassing the $250,000 requested during the trial, Aronfeld told the Herald.<\/p>\n<p>The verdict found Carnival was 60% at fault for the incident, and Sanders was 40% at fault. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lawyer Spencer Aronfeld said the case marks a rare example of a complaint against a giant cruise line reaching a courtroom and siding with the passenger. <span class=\"credit\">TikTok \/ @cruiseshiplawyer<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The case marks a rare example of a complaint against a giant cruise line reaching a courtroom and siding with the passenger, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to get to trial, period,\u201d Aronfeld said. \u201cI\u2019ve had many overservice cases that have settled, but none that went the full distance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carnival sought to dismiss the lawsuit and argued that Sanders failed to identify a crew member who overserved her or the bar where she consumed the alcohol, so the cruise line could identify the bartenders involved. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cTherefore, the over-service of alcohol count should be dismissed for failure to sufficiently identify a negligent employee,\u201d Carnival\u2019s lawyers had argued, according to the publication.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarnival Corporation respectfully disagrees with the verdict and believes there are grounds for a new trial and appeal, which it will pursue,\u201d a spokesperson for the cruise company told\u00a0the Herald.<\/p>\n<p>The cruiseline did not immediately respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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