September 05, 2003
$1.8 Million for Daughters Death
A Federal Court in the United States has awarded $1.8 million to a North Carolina woman whose daughter died in a parasailing accident just off the Sheraton Grand Hotel on Paradsie Island.
Lanita Walker filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the owner and management company of the Sheraton Grand Hotel after her daughter, Tosha, was killed by a 70-foot fall from the parachute in August, 1999.
On Wednesday, the jury found that Sea and Ski Ocean Sports, the Bahamian water sports vendor operating the parasail, was negligent as was the Sheraton Grand which advertises parasailing as one of its amenities.
The hotel managemet was unavailable for comment on the ruling as senior management was out of the country.
The ruling comes on the heels of another American's death in a tragic jet-ski/boat collision on Cbale Beach last week.
The whole story can be found in today's Tribune. Sorry, no Website available.
Posted by admin at September 5, 2003 12:48 PM