THE parents of a Brisbane boy who fell from Dawn Princess’ gangway in 2008 have lodged papers in the Brisbane Surpreme court to sue Carnival Corporation. William Lawson who was 4 at the time allegedly slipped on the boat while it was docked in Port Vila, falling 5m onto a...
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THE parents of a Brisbane boy
who fell from Dawn Princess’
gangway in 2008 have lodged
papers in the Brisbane Surpreme
court to sue Carnival Corporation.
William Lawson who was 4 at
the time allegedly slipped on the
boat while it was docked in Port
Vila, falling 5m onto a concrete
dock and fracturing his skull.
His parents are putting forward
the case that the steel wires
beneath the handrail were too
high to stop a child from falling.
The family’s lawyer said the case
may need to be put on hold until
William is 20 as his brain damage
from the fall may take that long
to become evident.
Close to $1m in damages are
being sought by the family.
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