Aronfeld Trial Lawyers Wins Jury Verdict Against Carnival
ARONFELD TRIAL LAWYERS’ CLIENT WINS JURY TRIAL AGAINST CARNIVAL IN OVERSERVICE OF ALCOHOL CASE
Carnival Cruise Line found negligent by virtue of its bartenders serving 15 shots of Tequila to a passenger over eight hours
MIAMI – (April 13, 2026) Aronfeld Trial Lawyers has obtained a significant legal victory for its client, Diana Sanders, a nurse from Northern California, after a weeklong jury trial in Federal court against Carnival Cruise Line.
“This was a legal battle that was brutally fought for over two years. Holding a major cruise line accountable for the over-service of alcohol is an extremely challenging legal argument to make, but we were always confident that once a Miami jury heard the full facts of the case, they would have no difficulty holding Carnival responsible. We are very pleased that after a long five-day jury trial, justice prevailed in favor of Diana, said Plaintiff’s attorney Spencer Aronfeld.
On January 5, 2024, Diana Sanders was a passenger aboard the Carnival Radiance that departed out of Los Angeles, California. During an approximately eight-hour period, she was over-served and consumed roughly 15 shots of tequila. Despite her visibly intoxicated condition, she continued to be served alcohol. As a result of this over-service, she became severely impaired, blacked out, and sustained damages by falling down the stairs.
Diana Sanders is a Registered Nurse in Northern California; she is a mother, a grandmother, and has two siblings. After a frustrating experience with the cruise line’s lack of transparency and conflicting information, Diana pursued legal action. Despite facing a corporate giant and two years of litigation, a Miami jury of eight women ruled in her favor after five days of deliberation.
The jury returned the following $300,000.00 verdict. Carnival was negligent- by virtue of its bartenders’ overserving alcohol to Plaintiff Diana Sanders- and that such negligence was a legal cause of physical injury and emotional damage.
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Miami-based Aronfeld Trial Lawyers was established by Managing Partner and Board-Certified Trial Lawyer, Spencer Aronfeld in 1991. The firm represents clients involved in serious injuries in the areas of Maritime Law, Automobile Accidents, Premises Liability, Cycling Accidents, Slip and Fall Incidents, Wrongful Death, Medical and Dental Malpractice, Product Liability, Workplace Injuries, Sexual Assault, and others. Every client receives the full benefit of our experience, our resources, and our commitment. The practice of personal injury law is our calling. We are a firm of high-profile, nationally recognized legal advocates who work for you, our client, never big business. All attorneys and staff members at the firm are bilingual speaking Spanish. To learn more, visit https://www.aronfeld.com/ or call (305) 441-0440.
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