New Zealand volcano disaster victims to sue cruise ship firm

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SYDNEY (AFP) - Survivors of last year's New Zealand volcano eruption are planning to sue cruise ship company Royal Caribbean for failing to warn of the risks involved in touring the area, lawyers said on Monday (April 27).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SYDNEY - Survivors of last year's New Zealand volcano eruption are planning to sue cruise ship company Royal Caribbean for failing to warn of the risks involved in touring the area, lawyers said on Monday .

Lawyer Rita Yousef, from Sydney-based Stacks Goudkamp, said the firm was preparing to launch legal action against Royal Caribbean on behalf of survivors and families of the victims, many of whom were passengers on the cruise liner Ovation of the Seas. Yousef said there was"no indication at all that Royal Caribbean was paying attention to" the increased risk of the volcano erupting before a group of passengers joined a day-tour of the island.

"We can go one step further and ask why were they even running these tours when there was such high risk? Why were they not cancelled?" "We've got people who are having to deal with absolutely profound and unimaginable disability, the kinds of burns that a lot of medical professionals have never seen in their lives," she said.

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Someone should sue the NZ Govt to allow tour operators on the island.

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