Attention Cruisers: this is your Captain speaking.Your ticket says that you have a one year statute of limitation if you get injured. It also says that you have a choice of law and have selected a forum to bring your claim.
The Eleventh Circuit says, "Ignore them at your risk."
The case is Crist vs Carnival Corporation, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 24749 and can be found here.
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August 01, 2011
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