Costa limits legal fallout, offers compensation
FirstpostCosta Cruises has offered 11,000 euros in compensation to each of the more than 3,000 passengers aboard its liner that ran aground and capsized two weeks ago. Rome: Costa Cruises has offered 11,000 euros in compensation to each of the more than 3,000 passengers aboard its liner that ran aground and capsized two weeks ago, Italian consumer groups said on Friday. Everyone in this boat had different damages.” But Roberto Corbella, head of Italy’s association of tour operators, and who helped Costa negotiate the offer with the consumer protection groups, urged passengers to accept it. “Lawsuits have uncertain outcomes, they take a long time, there are legal costs, and some studies indicate that it’s not at all certain that passengers would get more than the company is offering,” he said.
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