Um, aren't the victims dead?

I do love me some towel monkey.

What do the dead get?

bikerbob59: Um, aren't the victims dead?

Some of them ... they get two vouchers.

catsfish: What do the dead get?

Peace.

Pants full of macaroni!!: "I'm gonna turn this towel, into a dick."

Ain't that a peach?

To be fair, I think this accident killed less people than your average successful cruise, what with rampant food poisonings and viral infections running crazy and causing severe diarrhea all the time.

My first cruise was with Carnival.

Fark Carnival.

came here to ask what the dead were going to get as well.

on a side note, I watched an interview on the Today show with a couple of the passengers. Is it customary procedure to take everyone's passports and lock them up in a safe?

Did I read a different story than subby? All I had was some PR company trying to say how much better they would have handled the story if they had been hired. Good for them to get some advertising into the tragedy though. Sign of a really good PR company.

A hot cocoa sampler pack
A Phil Rizzuto key ring
A membership in the "Jam of the Month Club"
A jar of Ragu

and a boot to the head!

Um...yeah...potentially the worst cruise ship disaster since that Kurt Russell movie and you offer a $500 voucher?

Bio-nic: bikerbob59: Um, aren't the victims dead?

"if you don't accept the offer, you'll be sleeping with the fishies..."

I'm sure there's no way that they will attempt to intimidate or otherwise cajole the people who really do sue... nope, never happen... not in a MILLION years... (or dollars of hush money)

You watch too much Hollywood corporate thriller movies. Stop it.

My daughter wants one of those towel animal booklets. We went on a cruise to the Bahamas a couple of years ago. First cruise - it was a blast! Anyway, they leave those cute towel animals on your beds after cleaning the room. She even took me to a towel animal making class. I can totally make the best towel elephant ever (this is not mine):



Always get a balcony room - that makes the trip!

/RIP to those who passed.

I was thinking that was a crappy deal until I saw the part about the towel animal book.

Isn't this what travel insurance is for?

/just sayin'

/Dont Forget....

Ok, this is what really gets me. NJ has a proposed law barring "ambulance chasers" from contacting victims' relatives within 30 days after a tragedy, but there is no corresponding legislation that prohibits the (alleged) wrongdoer from contacting the victims' relatives immediately. I wouldn't be surprised if the families of the victims were being offered a couple of hundred thou in cash within 24 hours if they'd just sign away their rights to sue later, and in the middle of grief and loss and the economic hardship that comes from losing a possible breadwinner, some of the relatives might do so.

That being said, I am SO GLAD I am not Carnival's lawyer right now. They are about to get covered in a frothy legal wave of Santorum.

Uh-- I should mention that I undertand this happened in Italy, I'm just using the NJ law as an example of how businesses like Carnival have generally unfettered reign to try to avoid costly litigation at the victims' expense.

/gimme a break I'm sick
// cough

ihatedumbpeople: Um...yeah...potentially the worst cruise ship disaster since that Kurt Russell movie and you offer a $500 voucher?

It would be cause for outrage, except for the tiny detail that it didn't happen. Subby's headline is just repeating one of the comments on the article:

"Carnival will probably offer a $500 voucher on a future cruise and $100 ship credit."

PsiChi: My daughter wants one of those towel animal booklets. We went on a cruise to the Bahamas a couple of years ago. First cruise - it was a blast! Anyway, they leave those cute towel animals on your beds after cleaning the room. She even took me to a towel animal making class. I can totally make the best towel elephant ever (this is not mine):

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Always get a balcony room - that makes the trip!

/RIP to those who passed.

Farking 1% er

Ivo Shandor: ihatedumbpeople: Um...yeah...potentially the worst cruise ship disaster since that Kurt Russell movie and you offer a $500 voucher?

It would be cause for outrage, except for the tiny detail that it didn't happen. Subby's headline is just repeating one of the comments on the article:

"Carnival will probably offer a $500 voucher on a future cruise and $100 ship credit."

Sweet...sometimes it pays to read the article. ;-)

reads article...

Ah...they're offering refunds for tickets, lodging, etc. How much you wanna bet somewhere in that claim form they very likely make you sign it says you can't sue them for further compensation...

Jake Havechek: A hot cocoa sampler pack
A Phil Rizzuto key ring
A membership in the "Jam of the Month Club"
A jar of Ragu

and a boot to the head!

At least it's not a Hot Cocoa Sampler

/hey, you booted me in the head!

As to what the dead get...... as Italy is party to the Athens Treaty - of which the US is not a signatory to - the dead peoples families are entitled to a one time pay out of around $71k. No more. They cannot sue either, even if gross negligence is found.

How many people do you lose on a normal cruise, 30, 40?

PsiChi:

Always get a balcony room - that makes the trip!

/RIP to those who passed.

Agreed. Went on a Disney Cruise last Fall, and the balcony in combination with room service was great.

Got tired of fancy schmancy dining every day.

WTFDYW:

Came here to sasy this but you beat me to it.

Yeah, heard that on the radio on the way in this morning, and couldn't believe it.

"They have a limitation of liability under what's called the Athens Convention of $71,400 per person, and I would think that in the case of the decedents they would pay that $71,400 right away,"
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uh, yeah, I would think so as well...... geez

The CEO also threw in some Miami Heat "2011 NBA Champs" gear into the compensation package

Bermuda59: The CEO also threw in some Miami Heat "2011 NBA Champs" gear into the compensation package



Well played.

I'd want a free cruse, my bar tab picked up (often costs as much as the cruse). And a chocolate buffet at my house every night for a week.

Koalaesq: Ok, this is what really gets me. NJ has a proposed law barring "ambulance chasers" from contacting victims' relatives within 30 days after a tragedy, but there is no corresponding legislation that prohibits the (alleged) wrongdoer from contacting the victims' relatives immediately. I wouldn't be surprised if the families of the victims were being offered a couple of hundred thou in cash within 24 hours if they'd just sign away their rights to sue later, and in the middle of grief and loss and the economic hardship that comes from losing a possible breadwinner, some of the relatives might do so.

That being said, I am SO GLAD I am not Carnival's lawyer right now. They are about to get covered in a frothy legal wave of Santorum.

Emotional duress, unenforceable.

Ivo Shandor: ihatedumbpeople: Um...yeah...potentially the worst cruise ship disaster since that Kurt Russell movie and you offer a $500 voucher?

It would be cause for outrage, except for the tiny detail that it didn't happen. Subby's headline is just repeating one of the comments on the article:

"Carnival will probably offer a $500 voucher on a future cruise and $100 ship credit."

Subby wrote that comment

/subby