Concordia victims file a new lawsuit
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Lawyers representing victims of the Concordia accident filed a new complaint against Carnival Corp. and Costa this week.
The complaint alleged product liability, defective ship design and “a pattern and practice of concealing and/or delaying notification of life-threatening situations to passengers on board their cruise ships, amongst other causes of action”.
The law suit alleges that Carnival was aware that the ship’s hull design and power systems were defective. Its cases cited an accident in February 2010 when three crew members were killed and another four injured after the Costa Europa struck a pier and the November 2010 stranding of the Carnival Splendor off the coast of Mexico after it lost power.
The lawsuit seeks a minimum £1.3 million in compensation per passenger and £380 million in punitive damages. Another claim alleging wrongful death on behalf of several other parties is expected to be filed shortly, according to the news release from US-based law firms Napoli Bern Ripka Sholnik & Associates and Proner & Proner, along with the Italian firm Codacons.
“No one got off the Concordia unscathed. Even those who survived and avoided serious physical injuries will never be the same after the horror they lived through,” said co-lead attorney Marc Jay Bern.
Carnival Corp. declined to comment, saying it does not discuss pending litigation