Gary Reming v. Holland America Line Inc

MEMORANDUM

Appellant Gary Reming and his wife, Patricia Reming, booked a Holland America Line cruise from San Diego, California to Mexico. During the cruise, Reming purchased tickets for a shore excursion in Mazatlán, Mexico. The excursion was operated by Tropical Tours Baja Cabo, S.A. de D.V. (“Tropical Tours”). On that excursion, while stopped at Cliff Diver’s Plaza, Rem-ing fell and sustained serious injuries after the pavement he had been walking on collapsed beneath him.

Reming filed suit against the cruise line, Appellee Holland America Line Inc., and three of its subsidiaries (collectively, “HAL”) in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, asserting multiple claims of negligence under various theories and a claim for negligent misrepresentation and deceit. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of HAL. See Reming v. Holland Am. Line, Inc., No. C11-1609RSL, 2013 WL 5963119 , at *4 (W.D. Wash. Nov. 7, 2013); Reming v. Holland Am. Line, Inc., No. C11-1609RSL, 2013 WL 594281 , at *8 (W.D. Wash. Feb. 14, 2013). Reming timely appealed, and we affirm.

1. We review the district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo and employ…