Newspapers in Europe are reporting on the contents of the legal submissions made by the Italian prosecutors who have been collecting evidence regarding the Costa Concordia disaster.
Sky News has an interesting video which you can watch here.
You can hear about 5 year old Dayana Arlotti who drown along with her father after
A couple of weeks ago (February 4th), Carnival won a major victory in defending the personal injury cases arising out of the Costa Concordia disaster when a federal judge in South Florida granted Carnival’s motion to dismiss and ordered that the case must be filed in Italy if the passengers wish to proceed.
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Last September Carnival won its first battle arising out of the January 2012 Costa Concordia disaster when U.S. District Court judge Robin Rosenbaum held that the lawsuits against Carnival should be filed in Italy.
In that case, a thousand businesses on the island of Giglio where the Concordia cruise ship ran aground near the harbor tried
Earlier this week, we reported on the death of a 47-year-old Indonesian crew member, identified as Sahid Bin Fauzi, who worked as a mechanic on the Costa Serena cruise ship. He died after falling into a ventilation duct of one of the ship’s engines.
Today we learn that a criminal prosecutor in Genoa, Italy
A reader of Cruise Law News in Italy has notified us of the death this week of a crew member aboard the Costa Serena cruise ship.
The incident involved a 47-year-old Indonesian crew member, identified as Sahid Bin Fauzi, who worked as a mechanic on the Costa Serena. He reportedly died after falling into a ventilation
NBC News has an interesting article about the continuing struggle many survivors of the Costa Concordia disaster are experiencing one year later.
The victims’ anguish has been exacerbated by the insensitivity demonstrated by Costa and parent company Carnival.
A memorial service for the victims will mark the anniversary tomorrow.
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With the one year anniversary of the Costa Concordia capsizing this Sunday, there are literally several hundreds new articles on line about the disaster.
This morning CBS News aired a video (below) and published an article Costa Concordia 1 Year Later: Survivors Attempt to Move On in which several survivors explain how they are
A newspaper in Italy has posted a video of the frantic last moments of the evacuation of the stricken Costa Concordia.
The video obtained by La Repubblica is taken by a bystander from the island of Giglio. The cruise ship has already listed heavily to the starboard side and the water has risen
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The Week magazine in the U.K. reports that Italian lawyers are filing a criminal complaint against Carnival CEO Micky Arison as well as other American and British directors of Costa’s dual listed parent companies, Carnival Corporation and Carnival PLC.
The article written by Andrea Vogt, "Costa Concordia: UK Directors to be Named Responsible for
The Costa Concordia disaster provided a disturbing insight into the unsafe operations of the cruise lines. Before the Concordia capsized, the cruise industry did not even have a requirement that cruise ships conduct a muster drill before the passengers set sail. There were no restrictions to the bridge. The on board girlfriend of infamous Captain
The one year anniversary of the Costa Concordia disaster is one week away.
You will begin to see daily stories about the survivors and families whose loved ones did not survive the disaster. There will be a wide variety of articles about how the victims are handling their lives at this point.
Some people have
A television station (WBRD) in Louisville Kentucky brings us the story of 29 year-old Lauren Moore, a Bowling Green native, who sailed aboard the ill-fated Costa Concordia with her friends a year ago come January 13th.
Lauren had only been on-board for a couple hours when disaster struck. She says:
"It’s not easy
The Times Union newspaper has an interesting article today, about a family who survived the Costa Concordia disaster, entitled "Survivors Shun Ships After Duel with Death." Written by Cathleen Crowley, the article explains that a family from Duanesburg, New York previously enjoyed cruising having vacationed on a dozen prior cruises. But on January 13
The Cruise Line International Association (CLIA) publicity machine has been in full speed this week. As part of its marketing strategy that cruising is "extremely safe," CLIA announced in a press statement that it continues to review cruise ship procedures as part of a safety review which it started after the Costa Concordia disaster.
Unfortunately
Tonight the Sixty Minutes television program airs a special on the Costa Concordia disaster. The program will discuss how the cruise ship capsized and will also examine the steps now being taken to salvage the ship. The plan is to right the cruise ship so that it can be floated out of the little port
Costa is back in the news with a widely reported incident where the Costa Pacifica cruise ship violently struck a piling in the Port of Marseille this morning. The cruise ship sustained a gash of around 8 meters long, which luckily is above the waterline.
Costa down-played the incident stating that the damage was just
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s interview with disgraced Captain Schettino airs tonight in a program entitled the "Captain’s Tale" produced by the CBC’s Fifth Estate.
The Costa captain states that he doesn’t understand why the disaster is being treated like a crime. He blames others for striking the rocks, explains that he delayed the evacuation
Just when you’d think that the Costa Concordia story could not get any weirder, this week the infamous Captain Francesco Schettino announced that he is writing a book about the events surrounding the disaster. He promises to tell a "completely different story" than what has been reported to date.
So what is the "shocking truth"
