The Ramada Princess Hotel was yesterday ordered to pay $7.5 million in damages to the mother of Shamar Edwards, the 17-year-old who drowned in its pool in 2014.
Justice Sandil Kissoon, who heard the suit filed against the hotel by the young man’s mother, handed down the judgment against the hotel after finding that its on-duty life guard who ought to have been at his post was not.
In addition to the sum granted for damages, the hotel was also ordered to pay interest at a rate of 6% per annum from the date the application was filed to yesterday’s date when judgment was entered and, thereafter, at a rate of 4% per annum until fully paid.
