A woman who tripped on the leg of a deck chair on a Carnival cruise will get another chance to pursue her case after a federal appeals court revived the litigation.

Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Adalberto Jordan concluded a former colleague, U.S. District Judge Jose Martinez in Miami, was too deferential to Carnival’s arguments by not allowing a jury to hear Elaine Carroll’s negligence complaint.

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