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I don't think big corporations usually make an offer to "settle" before a lawsuit is filed.
Unless the claim is going to be very small - an item the staff broke, a small injury, etc.
When they get served with the lawsuit is when the depositions and negotiations begin.
They also aren't going to "settle" when demands include changes to the ships. The family wants safety enhancements, and would refuse a settlement that was only about money.
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They also aren't going to "settle" when demands include changes to the ships. The family wants safety enhancements, and would refuse a settlement that was only about money.
I still think they'll settle out of court. Nobody wants to put an image of a baby falling out a window 11 stories up in front of a jury, regardless of whether they think they're at fault.
I still think they'll settle out of court. Nobody wants to put an image of a baby falling out a window 11 stories up in front of a jury, regardless of whether they think they're at fault.
I agree with you there, but in my opinion the safety changes might make them leery, as if agreeing to them as part of a settlement is akin to agreeing safety changes were in fact needed.
I agree with you there, but in my opinion the safety changes might make them leery, as if agreeing to them as part of a settlement is akin to agreeing safety changes were in fact needed.
I agree. It's not like the rivets on the steel strips between the window panes gave out, or pushing on a window pane caused it to fall out. He lifted her up and balanced her on a handrail not designed for standing on, and she fell out the window. That's not a safety issue, breach or design flaw. It's human error.
I agree. It's not like the rivets on the steel strips between the window panes gave out, or pushing on a window pane caused it to fall out. He lifted her up and balanced her on a handrail not designed for standing on, and she fell out the window. That's not a safety issue, breach or design flaw. It's human error.
A handrail set 18 inches inboard of the actual ledge, no less.
Possible the last photo of Chloe before she fell from the window.
Note the color of the windows.
Those don't look so very tinted, to me.
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