Royal Caribbean Owes $1 Million in Legal Fees in Job Bias Case

An opera singer who accepted Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.‘s $300,000 offer of judgment to end his disability bias lawsuit is entitled to more than $1 million in attorneys’ fees and legal costs, a Miami federal judge ruled.

The $971,842 in fees the company must pay is less than half the $2.1 million Samuel Schultz’s lawyers sought in the Americans with Disabilities Act case, the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida said. A 30% reduction in the more than 4,000 hours Schultz’s counsel spent on the case was appropriate because the suit ended prior to trial and ...