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Costa Concordia company offers passengers compensation

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Sixteen people are known to have died in the disaster

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The Italian company that owns the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia has offered passengers 11,000 euros (£9,000; $14,000) each in compensation.

The deal comes after negotiations between the company, Costa Cruises, and several Italian consumer groups.

The company also promised to refund medical and transport expenses, as well as the cost of the cruise.

One consumer group, Codacons, has urged passengers not to accept the offer, Reuters news agency reports.

Codacons and two US law firms are filing a class-action lawsuit in the US suit against Costa Cruises, demanding at least $160,000 (£105,000) for each passenger on the ship. Costa Cruises is owned by the US-based Carnival Group.

Mitchell Proner, a lawyer with one of the firms filing the lawsuit, told the BBC last week that it was being brought on behalf of 110 claimants.

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Wow!

January 28, 2012 by Irlandos (United Kingdom ), 3 weeks 4 days ago

Costa Cruises are offering £9,000 to each passenger who survived the sinking of the Costa Concordia?
Maybe the company's officials should also set aside some money to buy themselves a conscience to realise what these people have gone through on account of their negligence!

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