Just catching up on this news.
Has the text of the judgement been posted anywhere? Or a transcript of the discovery testimony? Would be interested to read those.
I have been among the minority here who feel this tragedy was completely unintentional. I believe SA is solely responsible and RCCL has zero liability. But, being very familiar with this ship, I don’t believe the video that has been publicly available definitively establishes that SA had his head out the window. I’ve stood there and leaned on the railing in front of the window and my head was not outside. You have to really really try to get your head outside. There’s a good bit of distance between the rail and the window because the window angles out. It’s designed that way on purpose. But I do recall removing my sunglasses from the top of my head for fear that they could fall forward and out the window accidentally. Now, that being said, should any reasonable person standing in that position have realized there was no glass in front of them? Absolutely. What I do believe he may have done was to stand her little feet on the open window sill while holding her. This, if true, would completely put the lie to his claim to have not known the window was open. So, I believe the video shows that he clearly held her so that she was forward of the wood railing but not necessarily dangling out of the window. At some point he lost his grip and she fell forward out of the opening.
I’d really like to read the discovery transcript.
