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The Royal Caribbean cruise company has reportedly taken legal action against some survivors of the deadly Whakaari eruption.
Photo: Ingo Wagner / DPA / AFP
The company has filed an application with the Australian federal court, according to The Guardian, asking for a ruling that prevents victims and their families from suing in the United States, where it is based.
Many of the 47 people on the island at the time of the eruption were from Ovation of the seas cruise ship owned by Royal Caribbean.
Twenty-two people lost their lives on the island or later succumbed to their injuries after the volcano erupted on December 9 last year.
American couple Ivy and Paul Reed, who were burned in the eruption, and Australians Marie and Stephanie Browitt, who lost family members, took separate legal action against the company this year.
The Guardian reported that the cruise line submitted a request last week.
He said the company claimed that a clause in the contract meant that legal actions were restricted to Australian courts.
