Costa Concordia: divers launch rescue mission for boy's teddy bear Rescuers sent the teddy bear back to the boy, who lives with his father in Verona in northern Italy, having lost his mother some years ago. Meanwhile an American lawyer who represents more than 70 survivors, including a group of British passengers, said he will be seeking a minimum of $150,000 in compensation per person. John Arthur Eaves Jr said survivors deserved at least that much for the trauma they had suffered. He said an offer made by Costa Cruises, the Genoa-based company that operates the ship, of 11,000 euros per passenger, was "disrespectful." "I think it is disrespectful to people who had to go through a Titanic experience for six hours and wondered whether they would come out alive," he said in Rome. I've heard stories of people who lost their parents, their wives, people who will never go back on a cruise ship again, who are afraid even to leave the house. He said that while every case would be different, he would be seeking a minimum of $150,000 in compensation for each of his clients. I don't even want to begin negotiations for less than that. Mr Eaves argued that even though Costa Cruises is based in Italy, its parent company, US-based Carnival, should bear responsibility for the disaster. Carnival set the safety culture, the industry practises, they were running the show and we believe that is why they are responsible. He said he would file lawsuits on behalf of his clients, who include Britons, Americans, Italians, Germans and Russians, in the US within the next two weeks. Mr Eaves said he would also push for changes in maritime laws and technology to make the cruise ship industry safer and to improve the training of crew members. Carnival has nearly 50 per cent of the world cruise market, so if we can change their behaviour we can change the whole industry. He was part of a legal team who obtained settlements of nearly $2 million apiece in 2000 for the families of 20 people killed in Italy when a U.S. Marine jet clipped a ski gondola's cable two years earlier.