They are accusing the company of negligence by allowing the window to be opened. 9News
The parents of a toddler in the US who fell to her death out of an open cruise ship window in Puerto Rico have filed a lawsuit against Royal Caribbean Cruises, accusing the company of negligence by allowing the window to be opened.
Chloe Wiegand fell to her death in July after her grandfather lifted her to the window on Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas ship while the vessel docked. She would have turned two this week. "We should be celebrating with presents and a birthday cake, but instead we are talking about her death," Chloe's mother, Kim Wiegand, told reporters at a news conference.Photos released by the family's lawyers show the inside of the ship, and the railing the toddler fell over.This week lawyers for the family released an image which appears to show the gap between the window and the railing over which she fell.
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