The US parents of a toddler who fell to her death out of an open cruise ship window in Puerto Rico in July have filed a lawsuit against Royal Caribbean Cruises
"We should be celebrating with presents and a birthday cake, but instead we are talking about her death," Chloe's mother, Kim Wiegand of Granger, Indiana, told reporters at a news conference in nearby South Bend.Chloe's grandfather, Salvatore Anello, has been charged in Puerto Rico with negligent homicide. He insists he's colourblind and didn't know the 11th floor window in the children's play area was open.
The lawsuit says the company violated industry standards by failing to provide reasonably safe windows in an area where children play on the ship. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed in US District Court in Miami. It seeks an unspecified financial award. A Royal Caribbean spokesman said the company had no comment on the lawsuit."We all sit here broken," Anello said Wednesday. "But our family is strong and we will stay strong together."Royal Caribbean Cruises owns Ovation of the Seas, the cruise ship whose passengers were killed in a volcanic eruption at White Island in New Zealand on Monday.
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