ROME - A pregnant woman who miscarried after the cruise ship wreck off the coast of Italy last month is set to sue the vessel's owners for $1.2 million in damages, according to Italian media.
The 30-year-old Italian, identified only as Cristina M, was four months pregnant when she set off on the Costa Concordia cruise on January 13. Though she escaped the sinking ship in a lifeboat, she was admitted to hospital last week with a miscarriage.
Her doctors said she probably lost her baby because of the intense psychological stress suffered both during the night-time evacuation and when her lifeboat smashed against rocks as it headed for the shore.
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