A federal jury in Florida became the second to award damages of more than $1 million to cruise ship passenger Joyce Higgs, who fractured her arm and shoulder after tripping over a cleaning bucket that she claimed was negligently left out in a hallway.

The ship was operated by Costa Crociere, an Italian company owned by Miami-based Carnival Corp., which maintained it was not at fault over both trials.

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