Carnival Hit With Lawsuit After Passenger’s Feet Burned on Pool Deck
If you're sailing on Carnival Magic or another Carnival ship with a pool deck, the article notes Carnival's own advice to wear boat shoes, traction sandals, or water shoes when moving around the Lido Deck — though water shoes aren't allowed in the pools or hot tubs. Watch for posted heat-warning signage, which the lawsuit describes as inconsistent, and keep your shoes within reach at your lounge chair. This case, tied to a May 21, 2025 incident, is still pending, so no policy changes have been announced yet.
What jumps out here is the math: Nunez says twenty steps in bare feet were enough to cause second-degree burns, yet Cleveland Clinic classifies that burn type as "mild," typically healing in one to three weeks. That gap between the medical baseline and a $5 million ask is exactly what Carnival's lawyers will lean on. The lawsuit's stronger card may be the pattern — a prior amputation claim and a 2022 Facebook complaint about scalding decks on Mardi Gras suggest this isn't an isolated fluke. Carnival's silence on deck temperature and inconsistent signage, per the filing, is the real exposure. My read: expect Carnival to settle quietly rather than litigate deck physics in open court. If I were sailing Magic this summer, I'd pack water shoes and keep my flip-flops within arm's reach at the rail.