Judge Dismisses Second Libertad Act Lawsuit: Havana Docks Corporation V. Norwegian Cuise Line Holdings
/HAVANA DOCKS CORPORATION V. NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HOLDINGS, LTD. [1:19-cv-23591; Southern Florida District]
Colson Hicks Eidson, P.A. (plaintiff)
Margol & Margol, P.A. (plaintiff)
Hogan Lovells US LLP (defendant)
Published on 7 January 2020, Judge Beth Bloom granted defendants a Motion To Dismiss; and Judge Bloom issued the Motion To Dismiss with Prejudice. The Motion To Dismiss may be appealed.
This is the second lawsuit filed by Havana Docks Corporation to be dismissed this week by Judge Beth Bloom. On 6 January 2020, a similar lawsuit was dismissed against MSC Cruises (USA) Inc.
Likely defendants in the remaining two cases where Havana Docks Corporation, which is a certified claimant, is the plaintiff will file Motions To Dismiss using similar arguments as did Judge Bloom- Carnival Corporation, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, and Royal Caribbean Cruises. Whomever is unsuccessful would then be expected to appeal to the three-judge Atlanta, Georgia-based Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
