A million dollars may not seem like a lot for a cruise ship passenger badly injured at sea, but when the attorney had to tackle international law and the Athens Agreement, it was more than satisfying for the team to win and a possible window of opportunity for other attorneys.

The case was a bench trial before Federal Court Judge Darrin P. Gayles in Miami, who listened to arguments presented by Miami attorneys John H. (Jack) Hickey and Lisa Goodman of the Hickey Law Firm on behalf of their client.