Calif. Judge Grants Motion to Consolidate CIPA Class Actions vs. Carnival

U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel granted the parties’ joint motions to consolidate four privacy class actions against Carnival cruise lines, said a Monday order (3:23-cv-00404) in U.S. District Court for Southern California in San Diego (see 2306090065). The four lawsuits claim violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act. A review of the complaints shows all four cases are putative class actions brought by respective plaintiffs against the same defendant, “concerning the same alleged privacy rights violations” committed by Carnival in its use of computer code to record its visitors’ electronic communications, said the order. The related actions pending in Southern California district court are India Price v. Carnival (docket 3:23-cv-00236), Erica Mikulsky v. Carnival, (docket 3:23-cv-00404), Marilyn Hernandez v. Carnival (docket 3:23-cv-01034) and Ariel Oliver v. Carnival, (docket 3:23-cv-01036). A fifth case, brought by Daniel Rubridge in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, was stipulated for a transfer to the Southern California federal court, but the order hasn’t been entered.