Tuesday, December 18, 2018

How much is a life worth? I would have sued for a few million. They might have taken it seriously.

That is a very long fall for anyone. He was so drunk he probably had no idea he was falling. He was probably knocked unconscious as soon as he hit the water. Twenty - two years old and 30 drinks. I think the entire idea of a "drink package" is irresponsible of any cruise line. It is an accident waiting to happen.

19 December 2018
By Ron Hurtibise

Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Royal Caribbean Cruises (click here) is not responsible for the overboard death of a US man who was reportedly served the equivalent of 30 drinks, a federal jury in Miami has found.

Todd and Lisa Skokan, parents of Nathaniel Skokan, along with brothers Samuel and Zachary, had sought more than $US75,000 ($104,000) in damages from the Miami-based cruise line.

Nathaniel Skokan, 22, died on December 22, 2016, on the last day of a five-day cruise out of Port Everglades aboard Independence of the Seas....