Marla Martins hired lawyers to sue Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. after her daughter died aboard ship, but the case nose-dived when she continued pro se. Photo: Shutterstock.com.
U.S. Magistrate Jonathan Goodman made an example of a pro se litigant, penning an order sanctioning Marla Martins with attorney fees and nontaxable costs after she’d turned down a $500,000 settlement, filed several “baseless” motions and rejected the court’s offer to provide counsel through its Volunteer Lawyer Program.
It was a “troubling and bitter result” for the mother of a teenager who died aboard a cruise ship in 2013, according to Goodman, but it was the only possible outcome in the judge’s eyes.
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