A passenger has sued Carnival Cruise Line in federal court in Florida, saying he suffered second-degree burns on the Lido Deck of the Carnival Magic after walking barefoot across a deck that had become dangerously hot. Jorge Luis Alverio Nunez filed the lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida on May 11, 2026, seeking more than $5 million in damages.
The complaint says the alleged injury happened on May 21, 2025, when Nunez walked from the pool area to a nearby lounge chair where his shoes had been left, a distance of roughly twenty steps. He alleges the burns caused severe pain, required hospital treatment, left him physically disfigured and continue to affect his mobility.
The lawsuit accuses Carnival of negligence and says the company failed to post warning signs or make verbal announcements telling guests that walking barefoot could be dangerous. It also says crew members should have taken preventive steps to lower the deck’s surface temperature or restricted access to the Lido Deck during peak heating hours.
The filing places the alleged incident in the middle of a busy sailing schedule. At the time, Carnival Magic was operating short cruises to destinations across the Bahamas and the Caribbean, according to the complaint. That detail matters because the lawsuit argues the danger was not a one-off event but part of a broader safety problem on hot deck surfaces.
To back that claim, the filing points to one earlier alleged case involving severe burn injuries that reportedly led to a passenger requiring an amputation below the knee. The complaint does not say when that incident occurred, but it uses it to argue that Carnival was on notice and should have acted before Nunez says he was hurt.
For Nunez, the case is now about more than one painful walk across the ship. The suit says the burns have already caused lasting damage, and the next stage is straightforward: Carnival must answer the allegations in court and justify why the deck remained open without the warnings and protections the complaint says were needed.
