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The father of 13-year-old Oceane Herault died last year trying to save a colleague on the boat he worked on who had fallen into the sea. She was awarded a total pension one-off payment of about $6,500, plus $630 a month, paid by a National Marine Association in France, where she lives.
The award was challenged by the boat owner after autopsy results revealed the father, Stephane Herault, had been drinking. Now the State has ordered the teen to repay everything paid out so far, within a fortnight.
Her mom called the decision 'awful' and said most of the money had been put into a bank account as a college fund.
What I can't work out - and the article doesn't make clear - is that if it was the association paying the pension and not the boat owner, why on earth did he appeal the decision? Something's missing from this story.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wor...ompensation-money-dad-dying-article-1.1995355
The award was challenged by the boat owner after autopsy results revealed the father, Stephane Herault, had been drinking. Now the State has ordered the teen to repay everything paid out so far, within a fortnight.
Her mom called the decision 'awful' and said most of the money had been put into a bank account as a college fund.
What I can't work out - and the article doesn't make clear - is that if it was the association paying the pension and not the boat owner, why on earth did he appeal the decision? Something's missing from this story.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wor...ompensation-money-dad-dying-article-1.1995355