A jury awarded a man the huge sum of $21 million after he suffered a traumatic brain injury after being struck in the side of the head by a thick automatic sliding door while on a Carnival cruise. What was meant to be a blissful getaway turned into a painful nightmare. How rude?…LOL
The Seattle business man was awarded $5,000,000 for pain and suffering and an additional $16,500,000 in punitive damages for gross negligence on the part of Holland America Line.
The jury was presented with convincing testimony of more than a dozen instances of cruise ship passengers being injured by automatic doors on cruises operated by Holland America Line.
As a result of his traumatic brain injury (TBI) the man suffered seizures, an inability to operate his business, memory loss, and a fear of public settings that may trigger medical episodes.
The cruise ship sliding doors were purposely adjusted to close quickly in order to save the company money on air conditioning. Mission accomplished. They may have saved money on the AC bill but they’re going to be paying through the nose on this judgment.
The defense was unsuccessful in its attempts to argue that the man was at fault for his injuries. They claimed that he walked through the doors however, the security camera footage showed otherwise. The footage showed the doors closing on the man, quickly and forcefully hitting him on the side of the head.
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* A federal judge overturned this award by a Seattle jury because of issues in the discovery process that were brought to light during the appeal. Nevertheless, going forward this cruise ship company probably recalibrated the automatic doors to slide slowly.