A Florida woman says she tripped and injured herself on a Carnival Cruise Lines ship after she was startled by a cockroach in her stateroom.

Shaniqua Belmontes filed her lawsuit in federal court against Carnival Corporation, operating as Carnival Cruise Lines.

According to the complaint, Belmontes was on the Carnival Liberty cruise ship on January 17, 2023, when she saw the cockroach. She says the shock caused her to trip over a chair and hit a desk before falling to the ground.

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