French court rejects damages claim in 1994 Baltic ferry disaster 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseA court outside Paris on Friday rejected a compensation claim filed by survivors and relatives of victims of the 1994 sinking of the Estonia ferry, the deadliest accident involving a European ship since the Titanic. The court in Nanterre said that plaintiffs had not proved that the French certification agency and the German shipbuilder were at fault over the ferry disaster. Survivors and relatives were swiftly compensated for material damages from the now-bankrupt Estonian shipowner Estline. The 1,116 plaintiffs were seeking more than 40 million euros ($45 million) in damages from French certification agency Bureau Veritas and German shipbuilder Meyer Werft.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 19, 2019 15:56 UTC