Woman Sued Carnival Claiming Ship Was going Too Fast

A woman who sued Carnival claiming she became extremely ill because the ship was going too fast will not have her day in court

Doris Beard from Indiana, USA sued Carnival Cruise Lines claiming "due to the speed of the ship I became very sick, my body swayed terrible on the ship I had bleeding, which I had not had in three years. The ship was moving so fast everyone on board became sick, even the workers,"

Carnival called for the case to be dismissed arguing the venue for the suit should be changed to Florida, where the cruise line is based. The cruise line's motion was denied by a small claims court in Lake County, Indiana. But the Indiana Court of Appeals said this week the small claims court "erred," and has reversed the decision.

Beard first filed her claim in August 2009. The amount she is seeking was not specified yet Carnival argued the terms and conditions of the cruise contract require the case to be heard in Florida.

Carnival Cruise Line also argued Beard's claim was not filed within the one-year statute of limitations in the cruise contract.

The Carnival ship in question was not named