Man Loses His Thumb During A Disney Cruise Line

Recently Marco Fidel Acosta, passenger aboard a Disney Cruise Line alleged that their thumb was cut off during a Caribbean cruise, when a cabin door slammed suddenly on it in April last year.

The lawsuit has recently been filed in Orlando federal court, and said that he was getting ready for the Captain’s dinner on the second night of the cruise when the injury occurred.

“He was near the hallway door with his thumb on the door frame, and his wife was holding the door open with her foot,” said Acosta’s attorney Jordan Wagner, of Stuart. “She moved and her foot came away, and he didn’t realize the door was closing. The door slammed shut with force.”

Apparently Acosta picked up his severed thumb and went to the ship’s doctor, who was treated by a nurse who put the thumb in some ice and treated the injury.  Acosta tried to see an expert in St. Maarten but was told that an appropriate doctor wasn’t available there and by the time the ship arrived at Puerto Rico on the next day, and Acosta finally saw another doctor who told him it was too late to reattach his thumb.

The lawsuit alleges negligence and breach of duty against Disney Cruise Lines, including: Failure to maintain cruise cabin doors in a safe manner; failure to warn anyone of the dangers associated with the cabin doors; failure to provide safety devices on the hinges of the cabin doors; failure to provide timely and adequate medical care. The suit seeks unspecified damages associate with the cost of medical care and other costs.

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