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Leigh Anne Marshall v. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 17-10259 · judgment November 30, 2017

Certiorari denied · October 1, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

  1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in ruling that a premises owner has no duty to inspect its premises so as to discover dangerous conditions under general maritime law, in contravention of Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, 358 U.S. 625, 631-32 (1959) and Fed. Marine Terminals, Inc. v. Burnside Shipping Co., 394 U.S. 404, 416-17 n.18 (1969).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Spencer Marc Aronfeld
Aronfeld Trial Lawyers

For respondent
Richard James McAlpin
McAlpin Conroy, PA

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 01 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. Jul 18 2018
    Brief of respondent Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. in opposition filed.
  4. Apr 23 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 23, 2018)