Recently, a Florida jury provided a $4 million payout to a Disney Cruise Line worker. The staff member was able to claim the money from the company based on her claim that she was not provided with the adequate medical care. She was hit by a car during a port of call, and it’s alleged that ship doctors did not provide the right standard of care after the incident.
The decision was made by the Brevard County jury present on the case. They agreed that Maria Ana Reis Martins should be given due compensation for the incident that had taken place. The total, according to the Miami Herald, is made up of $2m in lost earnings, $1m for pain and suffering, and $1m for punishment.
This is the first time that the Disney Cruise Line has been on the wrong end of a personal injury judgement. According to Julio Ayala, Martin’s attorney, the car hit her when she was ashore in the Bahamas. This took place in 2013. The claim is that the medical staff onboard had failed to spot three broken ribs and said that she was instead fit to continue her job as a dining room server.
A doctor back in Florida found that she had broken a trio of ribs and spent five months back in Portugal receiving medical care. Returning to work in 2014, she left after a month due to nerve damage. With a 70% negligence assigned by the jury to the company, and only 30% to Martins, it was a clear victory for her.
For all parties involved, though, the incident is now over. With a near 7-year case finally over with, it remains to be seen what precedent this particular case has laid out moving forward into the future.
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