Sunday, January 7, 2007

Cruise line to pay $1M to honeymooner's estate

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP) -- Royal Caribbean Cruises has agreed to pay more than $1 million to the estate of a Connecticut man who vanished from his honeymoon cruise in 2005 according settlement papers to be filed Thursday.

George Allen Smith IV disappeared on July 5, 2005, after a night of heavy drinking aboard Royal Caribbean's Brilliance of the Seas as it sailed between Greece and Turkey. The FBI has been investigating, but no one has been charged in his disappearance and no body has been recovered.

A copy of the settlement agreement, which still requires court approval, shows the Florida-based cruise company will pay $950,000 to Smith's estate and Read more

No comments: