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That was very hard to watch without crying. Awful, awful story.
So. What is the standard of safety? It seems to me, windows aren't typically open in high rise buildings. I know sometimes you can go to a penthouse on top of a building, and there is an open air railing, but it's not a WINDOW that's open.
And yes, actually, this is a child's play area although obviously adults are there too.
This was on the pool deck. So in your penthouse example, it would be like the open-air railing, except they also have windows in front of that railing. But it's not like they're floor to ceiling windows that open, the windows that open are at the railing's height. Windows inside the ship do not open. The windows inside the spa or buffet area on that same floor do not open. It is just the windows on the pool deck that open, because people want to enjoy the ocean breeze while they're lounging by the pool.
It’s definitely not the cruise lines fault. I have been on those ships. Focusing on RC is letting them focus their grief elsewhere and will hold the family together for awhile until they have to hear what the opposing counsel has to say. They are hurting themselves more in the long run with this ridiculous lawsuit.
Agreed.
Bad things happen. Sometimes someone/some company is at fault. Many times no one is at fault. This suit may have merit - I don't know - but the first thing a lot of people want to do in times of tragedy is sue.
No, I would NOT pay them a single cent to go away. In fact, if the family does file a complaint, they risk that Royal Caribbean will demand that their attorney's fees be paid by the family, which, although it may seem heartless, RC may elect to do.
YOU might not but PR and legal teams may...
Even if they go to court, no way will RC demand attorneys fees. Believe me, I get it but I highly doubt it would occur.
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But there's nothing to settle for; no fault of their own. If they settle, it could set a precedent. That would be a bad idea. We'll have to wait and see how this plays out.
I think that precedent has been set decades ago. No company wants to get up in front of a jury and have them see photos of the little girl on the pavement, and the shrieking parents and grandpa.
It's about managing the risk, for their company, or paying out an enormous settlement because of an empathetic (and traumatized, frankly) jury.
But there's nothing to settle for; no fault of their own. If they settle, it could set a precedent. That would be a bad idea. We'll have to wait and see how this plays out.
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I think that precedent has been set decades ago. No company wants to get up in front of a jury and have them see photos of the little girl on the pavement, and the shrieking parents and grandpa.
It's about managing the risk, for their company, or paying out an enormous settlement because of an empathetic (and traumatized, frankly) jury.
This. Settle just to make it all go away & fast. Corporations have been doing this since lawsuits became a "thing"...precedents have long since left the barn.
I think that precedent has been set decades ago. No company wants to get up in front of a jury and have them see photos of the little girl on the pavement, and the shrieking parents and grandpa.
It's about managing the risk, for their company, or paying out an enormous settlement because of an empathetic (and traumatized, frankly) jury.
This.
And, mom is an attorney so she likely knows all this as well as the risks in suing the cruise line.
I will never understand why people who suffer through a tragedy like this, go on talk shows. I would not want to be in the public eye, for all the negative comments that are made about my family.
They usually get paid, and there is sometimes a desire to "set the story straight."
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I will never understand why people who suffer through a tragedy like this, go on talk shows. I would not want to be in the public eye, for all the negative comments that are made about my family.....Are they looking for a pay out? It seems it was Grampa`s fault....
In my experience, people who lose a child want their death to mean something - as in, another child doesn't die this way. No one wants to lose a child and have no changes whatsoever.
Hence the Amber alert. And the Levi's call. And changes that have been made in cribs and playground equipment based on deaths/injuries to kids. Parents want their children's death to mean something.
My guess is, there will be something done here to cruise ship windows based on this. Maybe it will only take the form of telling new passengers what an open window looks like.
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