IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

CASE NO.: 20-cv-22463-FAM

ASHLEY HODSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v.

MSC CRUISES, S.A., 

Defendant.

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LOCAL RULE 56.1(a) STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS

IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

1. On September 1, 2019, Plaintiff was a fare paying passenger aboard the MSC 

Seaside. (Amended Complaint, ECF No. 6, at ¶ 13).

2. On September 1, 2019, Plaintiff slipped and fell on the wet nosing of a step in a 

stairwell coming from the pool deck. (Deposition of Ashley Hodson attached hereto as “Composite 

Exhibit A” at p. 49/lines 5-19; 55-56/lines 21-25 and 1-3).

3. Plaintiff notice water on the subject steps before she fell. Id. at pp. 58/lines 1-14.

Plaintiff had not been down these particular steps before she fell. (Id. at p. 48/lines 2-17).

4. Before she fell, Plaintiff saw passengers traversing the same staircase at the same 

time who were dripping water on the stairs from wet bathing suits. (Id.)

5. Plaintiff did not know how long the water had been on the step. (Id. at pgs. 58-

59/lines 9-25 and 1-12). 

6. There have been no prior substantially similar prior incidents involving passengers 

slipping on pool water on a step nosing either on the Seaside or its sister ship the Seaview. 

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(Deposition of Defendant’s Corporate Representative, Jeff Ramos, attached as “Composite Exhibit 

B”, at pages 23-24/lines 18-25 and 1-5).

7. MSC did not build, design, install, or approve the subject step, aboard the MSC 

Seaside. (Id. at pg. 14/lines 22-25).

Dated: December 28, 2020

Miami, Florida

Respectfully submitted:

MALTZMAN & PARTNERS, P.A.

By: /s/ T. Alexander Devine

Jeffrey B. Maltzman, Esq.

Florida Bar No. 0048860

jeffreym@maltzmanpartners.com

Steve Holman, Esq.

Florida Bar No. 547840

steveh@maltzmanpartners.com

T. Alexander Devine, Esq. 

Florida Bar No. 10052

alexd@maltzmanpartners.com 

55 Miracle Mile Suite 300

Coral Gables, Florida 33134

Tel: 305-779-5665 / Fax: 305-779-5665

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing was electronically filed with the Clerk of the 

Court via CM/ECF on this 28th day of December 2020. I also certify that the foregoing was served 

on all counsel or parties of record on the attached Service List either via transmission of Notices 

of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF or in some other authorized manner for those counsel 

or parties who are not authorized to receive electronic Notices of Filing. 

 By: /s/ T. Alexander Devine 

 T. Alexander Devine, Esq. 

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SERVICE LIST

CASE NO: 20-cv-22463-FAM

Spencer Aronfeld, Esq.

aronfeld@aronfeld.com

Matthias M. Hayashi, Esq.

mhayashi@aronfeld.com

Abby H. Ivey, Esq.

aivey@aronfeld.com

ARONFELD TRIAL LAWYERS

1 Alhambra Plaza, Penthouse

Coral Gables, FL 33134

Phone: 305-441-0440

Fax: 305-441-0198

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Jeffrey B. Maltzman, Esq.

jeffreym@maltzmanpartners.com 

Steve Holman, Esq.

steveh@maltzmanpartners.com

T. Alexander Devine, Esq.

alexd@maltzmanpartners.com

MALTZMAN & PARTNERS, P.A. 

55 Miracle Mile, Suite 300

Coral Gables, FL 33134

Phone: 305-779-5665

 Fax: 305-779-5664

 Attorneys for Defendant

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