An Israeli tourist who had hoped to sue over a nasty fall aboard a Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ship has retained Morgan & Morgan attorneys in West Palm Beach to accuse her former New York counsel of legal malpractice for allegedly missing a deadline to file suit, barring her claims forever.

It’s “an attorney’s most basic task,” according to 61-year-old Isabelle Cohen’s complaint, which claims she’s suffered complex regional pain syndrome, or CRPS, in her right hand since slipping on some spilled liquid in the ship’s dining room. The syndrome is said to develop after an injury as a result of damaged or malfunctioning nerves.

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