Compensation for The Costa Concordia Passenger
Companies that have a ship Costa Concordia offers compensation 11 000 euros for each passenger. The deal was reached after negotiations between Costa Cruises, with some consumer protection agency in Italy. “The deal involves about 3,000 passengers from 60 countries, including 900 Italians,” as stated by the ADOC, a consumer organization that participated in the negotiations. In addition to paying compensation, the company also promised to cover all travel expenses and treatment of the passengers, including the cost of a ticket to sail a cruise ship Costa Concordia. The ship ran aground about two weeks ago, Friday, January 13, off the coast of the island of Giglio, Italy.However a consumer foundation, Codacons, reportedly asked passengers not to accept the offer of indemnity. Codacons with two offices in the United States attorney filed the class action or class-action in the United States with the demands of at least U.S. $ 160,000 or approximately Rp1, 5 billion for each passenger. They demanded Carnival Group-owners of the company Costa Cruises, based in the United States. The class action was filed on behalf of the 110 passenger Costa Concordia.
Costa Cruises accused the captain of the ship, Frencesco Schettino, as the cause of the accident the ship was due to leave the ship sailed too close to the mainland. He is under house arrest on charges of murder, which was denied. Costa Concordia carrying about 4,200 passengers and crew during the accident. To date has already found 16 bodies while 16 others remain missing.
