The attendants moved to lift the stay, arguing that they were deprived the right to appeal. Caribbea

A Florida federal judge on May 24 lifted a previously imposed stay of case that was filed by cruise line workers who seek damages for allegedly withheld wages, dismissing the case so that the workers can appeal an order compelling arbitration of their claims (Kenneth Downer, et al. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., No. 11-21948, S.D. Fla.;  2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 74135).
as stateroom attendants. The attendants filed a putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, alleging that Royal Caribbean unlawfully withheld caribbean family travel or failed to pay their wages.
The attendants each signed employment agreements, caribbean family travel which contained a mandatory arbitration provision. The employment agreements incorporated a collective caribbean family travel bargaining agreement (CBA), which also contained an arbitration provision. Royal Caribbean moved to compel arbitration of the case.
Judge Marcia G. Cooke said the attendants opposed the motion on various grounds, including that the arbitral clause s choice of law provision requiring the application of Norwegian caribbean family travel law deprived them of remedies under the Seaman caribbean family travel s Wage Act. The attendants relied on the decision in  Thomas v. Carnival Corp. (573 F.3d 1113, 1124  [11th Cir. 2009]), in which the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found that an arbitration agreement that required the application of foreign law was a waiver of the seaman s right to assert claims under the Seaman s Wage Act and was not enforceable under the United Nations Convention on Recognition caribbean family travel and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards.
Judge Cooke said the 11th Circuit subsequently issued a ruling in  Lindo v. NCL (Bahamas), Ltd. (652 F.3d 1257, 1275  [11th Cir. 2011]), which overturned Thomas. The parties then filed notices of supplemental authority. In May 2012, Judge Cooke granted the motion to compel arbitration and stayed the case. The attendants appealed to the 11th Circuit. Caribbean moved to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, arguing that since the case was not dismissed the order was interlocutory and that appellate review was not permitted. The appeals court dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
The attendants moved to lift the stay, arguing that they were deprived the right to appeal. Caribbean argued that the motion was an attempt to delay arbitration. The appeals court found that Judge Cooke s May 31, 2012, order granting the motion to compel and to stay the case was not final or appealable.
Judge Cooke said she would exercise her discretion and lift the stay and dismiss the case. Judge Cooke said that the attendants argued that lifting the stay would promote the public interest, because the law on the issue of the public policy defense under article 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act was still unsettled. The attendants also argued that lifting the stay would preserve judicial caribbean family travel resources. Judge Cooke agreed with the attendants arguments and granted the motion to lift the stay.
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