Jury Awards Cruise Ship Passenger $300k After 15 Tequila Shots and a Stairway Stumble
Rogue Energy
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🗓️ 2 May 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Yes, you read that headline correctly. Diana Sanders, a nurse from California, bought a “Cheers!” drink package on a 3 day Carnival Cruise. That package allows for 15 alcoholic drinks in a 24 hour period, but Sanders drank 15 tequila shots in an 8 hour period, fell down a flight of stairs and injured her head and back. Sanders sued for $250K for being over served, and a federal jury sided with her, awarding her even more than she asked for in her lawsuit! Carnival cruise is appealing, saying it is seeking a new trial.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:07.0 | It is Saturday, May 2nd, and this is a story that Robach has been on me about covering for quite some time. |
| 0:15.0 | And when you hear the details, you'll understand why she's so fascinated. |
| 0:19.2 | Because a carnival cruise passenger went on a cruise took |
| 0:22.8 | 15 shots of tequila and an eight-hour period just showed her ass all over the cruise ship. |
| 0:32.5 | And do you know, she was just awarded $300,000 by a jury. |
| 0:41.7 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Ropes, I say showing your ass, not literally. |
| 0:46.0 | But if you take 15 shots in eight hours, you're probably not going to be in the best shape. |
| 0:51.3 | And this woman took 15 shots and was not in good shape on this cruise ship. |
| 0:57.7 | She fell down a flight of stairs and ended up in the crew chambers and seriously injured herself. |
| 0:58.6 | But yes, she took 15 shots in eight hours. |
| 1:02.3 | And get this. |
| 1:03.0 | You mentioned the jury award. |
| 1:04.6 | We'll get into all of that. |
| 1:05.4 | It was 300,000. |
| 1:06.6 | It was more than she even asked for. |
| 1:09.4 | That's what blew my mind. |
| 1:11.6 | When you hear the details of this case, |
| 1:13.7 | I still don't quite understand where the jury was on this. |
| 1:16.9 | What you just said blew everybody's mind. |
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