Injured Passenger Awarded $300,000 After Miami Federal Jury Finds Carnival Overserved Her Alcohol

Injured Passenger Awarded $300,000 After Miami Federal Jury Finds Carnival Overserved Her Alcohol
A Carnival Cruise Line sign is displayed at PortMiami in Miami on Jan. 29, 2021. Lynne Sladky/AP Photo
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MIAMI—Carnival Cruise Line must pay $300,000 to a former passenger after a federal jury in South Florida found that the company was negligent in serving the woman more than a dozen shots of tequila before she fell down some stairs and suffered a possible traumatic brain injury.

The Miami federal jury decided last Friday in favor of Diana Sanders, a 45-year-old nurse from Vacaville, California.