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TWO MONTHS AFTER HIS CIVIL TRIAL
WRAPPED UP--
A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS RULED
AGAINST NATHAN CARMAN.
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THE VERMONT MAN WAS BEING SUED
OVER AN ---EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLAR INSURANCE CLAIM--
HE MADE ON HIS BOAT--
BEFORE IT SANK.
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CARMAN AND HIS MOTHER LINDA--
DISAPPEARED WHEN THEIR BOAT WENT
DOWN OFF THE COAST OF RHODE
ISLAND IN 20-16.
CARMAN WAS RESCUED--
HIS MOTHER WAS NOT AND IS
PRESUMED DEAD.
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EYEWINTESS NEWS REPORTER STEVE
NIELSEN--
HAS THE DETAILS ON THE JUDGE'S
DECISION--
AND HIS REASONING BEHIND IT.
NATHAN CARMAN WILL NOT RECIEVE
THE INSURANCE MONEY FOR HIS BOAT
THE 'CHICKEN POX'.
IT ALL CAME DOWN TO HOW HE
REPAIRED 4 HOLES HE MADE THE
MORNING OF THE BOATS LAST
VOYAGE.
A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS DETERMINED
NATHAN CARMAN'S BOAT SANK EITHER
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BECAUSE
OF HIS FAULTY REPAIRS.
THE DECISION COMES 2 MONTHS
AFTER THE CIVIL CASE WRAPPED UP.
CARMAN WAS FOUND BY THE U-S
COAST GUARD AFTER THE CHICKEN
POX SANK IN THE ATLANTIC AFTER
DEPARTING FROM SOUTH KINGSTOWN
SEPTEMBER 17, 2016.
HIS MOTHR LINDA - WHO WAS
ON-BOARD WAS NEVER FOUND.
THE BOATS INSURANCE COMPANY
REFUSED TO PAY THE 85 THOUSAND
BECAUSE THEIR ATTORNEY SAID
NATHAN REMOVED TWO BULK HEADS
AND TRIM TABS BEFORE THE
VOYAGE... LEAVING HOLES IN THE
BOAT ABOVE THE WATER LINE THAT
WERE IMPROPERLY REPAIRED.
CARMAN UNEXPECTEDLY SPOKE TO
REPORTERS AFTER CLOSING
ARGUMENTS.
"This isn't about money. It's an
85 thousand dollar claim. It's a
contingency fee. I get a
fraction of that if I win. I've
put lots of time, effort, and
frankly a lot of misery into
this."
BERNARD FEENEY SAID HE INSPECTED
THE BOAT FOR THE INSURANCE
POLICY WHEN CARMAN FIRST BOUGHT
IT
.
"The last time I was on the boat
it was an excellent boat.
Fantastic boat, he used it for
eight or nine months..had no
problems"
THE JUDGE SAYING IN HIS RULING:
"repairs and alterations mr
carman made to this boat were
faulty causing the boat to be
come unseaworthy and directly or
indirectly causing the loss."
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WE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF THE
SIDES IN THIS CASE BUT HAVE NOT
HEARD BACK.
NATHAN CARMAN'S AUNTS ARE SUING
TO BLOCK NATHAN'S INHERETENCE.
THEY CLAIM NATHAN KILLED HIS
MOTHER AND GRANDFATHER TO GET
MILLIONS.
NATHAN HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED IN
EITHER DEATH.
WE'LL UPDATE YOU ON WHERE THAT
LAWSUIT STANDS ON EYEWITNESS
NEWS AT 6.
YOUR DOOR"
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NEW DETAILS AT SIX ---
ON TODAY'S COURT DECISION,
*AGAINST* NATHAN CARMAN.
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AS WE BROKE AT NOON --- THE
COURT DECIDED TODAY CARMAN----
*CANNOT* COLLECT INSURANCE ON
HIS BOAT.
AND CARMAN IS STILL FACING A
LAWSUIT FROM RELATIVES ---
ACCUSING HIM OF FOUL PLAY IN THE
DEATHS OF HIS MOTHER AND
GRANDFATHER.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER STEVE
NIELSEN JOINS US IN STUDIO WITH
WHERE THINGS STAND.
WE'VE REACHED OUT TO ALL SIDES
IN THIS CASE TO GET THEIR
REACTION TO TODAYS RULING BUT
HAVEN'T HEARD BACK.
THE JUDGE FOUND CARMAN WILL NOT
RECEIVE ANY OF THE INSURANCE
MONEY.
BUT IT'S NOT THE LAST CIVIL
TRIAL HE'S INVOLVED IN.
THE QUESTION A FEDERAL JUDGE
ATTEMPTED TO ANSWER... WHY DID
THE CHICKEN POX SINK AFTER
DEPARTING FROM SOUTH KINGSTOWN
SEPTEMBER 17TH 2016?
NATHAN CARMAN WAS RESCUED BY THE
COAST GUARD 8 DAYS LATER...
HIS MOTHER LINDA WAS NEVER FOUND
AND IS PRESUMED DEAD.
THE INSURANCE COMPANY'S LAWYER
SAID THE THE CIVIL TRIAL ...
CARMAN REMOVED TWO BULKHEADS AND
REMOVED FOUR TRIM TABS THE
MORNINF OF THE VOAYGE THAT
CREATED HOLES IN THE VESSEL.
THEY SAID CARMAN REPAIRED THEM
INCORRECTLY.
THE JUDGE AGREED RULING MONDAY
"repairs and alterations mr
carman made to this boat were
faulty causing the boat to be
come unseaworthy and directly or
indirectly causing the loss."
CARMAN SPOKE AFTER THE CLOSING
ARGUMENTS.
"This isn't about money. It's an
85 thousand dollar claim. It's a
contingency fee. I get a
fraction of that if I win. I've
put lots of time, effort, and
frankly a lot of misery into
this."
THE CIVIL TRIAL DID NOT ADDRESS
HOW HIS MOTHER DIED OR THE
SHOOTING DEATH OF HIS
GRANDFATHER.
HE HASN'T BEEN CHARGED IN THEIR
DEATHS.
BUT HIS AUNTS ARE SUING CLAIMING
HE KILLED THEM FOR THE MILLIONS
IN INHERETENCE.
A NEW HAMPSHIRE JUDGE THREW OUT
THE AUNTS LAWSUIT THOUGH EARLIER
THIS YEAR SAYING THE STATE
DIDN'T HAVE JURISDICTION.
WE LEARNED TODAY CARMAN'S AUNTS
HAVE TO FILE A BRIEF ON THEIR
APPEAL BY DECEMEBR 16TH...
NATHAN WILL HAVE UNTIL JANUARY
30TH TO RESPOND.
IM STEVE NIELSEN EYEWITNESS