Jorge Luis Alverio Nunez Files $5 Million Carnival Cruise Hot Deck Lawsuit
Jorge Luis Alverio Nunez filed the carnival cruise hot deck lawsuit on 11 May 2026, accusing Carnival Cruise Line of causing second-degree burns to his feet aboard Carnival Magic. He says the incident happened on 21 May 2025 while he walked barefoot across the ship’s Lido Deck.
The Florida resident is seeking damages exceeding $5 million in the Southern District of Florida. His complaint says the deck surface became dangerously hot and left him with severe pain, hospital treatment, physical disfigurement, and ongoing mobility problems.
Southern District of Florida filing
Nunez says he had walked from the pool area to a nearby lounge chair where his shoes had been left, a route he describes as roughly twenty steps. The filing says the heat from the deck caused serious second-degree burns. That places the dispute on the record as a personal injury claim tied to conditions on a passenger deck, not a broader vessel-wide accident.
The complaint accuses Carnival of negligence, saying the company allowed unsafe conditions to exist and failed to adequately warn passengers about the risk. It also alleges crew members did not take steps that could have prevented the deck surface from reaching unsafe temperatures.
Carnival Magic Lido Deck
Nunez’s filing says there were no warning signs in place and no verbal announcements telling guests that walking barefoot could present a hazard. It also claims concerns about excessively hot deck surfaces are not isolated, pointing to one alleged previous case involving severe burn injuries that reportedly led to a passenger requiring an amputation below the knee.
The complaint gives the dispute a practical edge for passengers who use open deck areas barefoot or in light footwear. It also puts deck-warning practices, crew response, and surface conditions at the center of a negligence claim that asks a federal court to assess whether Carnival handled the risk before the burns happened.
May 2025 burns claim
The timeline is simple: the burns were alleged on 21 May 2025, and the lawsuit arrived nearly a year later on 11 May 2026. The case now turns on whether Carnival’s warnings and deck controls were enough for a surface the plaintiff says became hazardous fast enough to cause second-degree burns during an ordinary walk.
