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Costa Offers Survivors 30% Off... a New Cruise

Victims slams 'insulting' compensation, plan class action lawsuit

By Mark Russell, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 23, 2012 2:31 AM CST | Updated Jan 23, 2012 5:30 AM CST

(Newser) – The cruise line that operated the doomed Costa Concordia has a strange way of compensating the victims of its shipwreck—30% discounts off a future cruise, provided survivors stick with Costa Cruises, reports the New York Daily News. “The company is not only going... Read full story »

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