Insurance Companies Claim Carman Boat Sinking Was No Accident

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BUT WE BEGIN TONIGHT
WITH NEW
DEVELOPMENTS IN A
TRAGIC MYSTERY AT
SEA---- WE'VE BEEN
TRACKING SINCE LAST
YEAR.
NATHAN CARMAN FILED
AN INSURANCE CLAIM
AFTER HIS BOAT SANK OFF
POINT JUDITH LAST
SEPTEMBER DURING A
MOTHER--SON FISHING
TRIP.
CARMAN'S MOTHER WENT
MISSING AND IS
PRESUMED DEAD.
NOW THE INSURANCE
COMPANY IS REFUSING TO
PAY FOR THE LOSS OF THE
BOAT ... AND CALLING INTO
QUESTION WHETHER THE
SINKING -- AND HIS
MOTHER'S DEATH -- WERE
ACCIDENTAL.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEPH
MACHADO IS LIVE AT
FEDERAL COURT IN
PROVIDENCE -- WHERE
LAWYERS FOR BOTH
SIDES MET WITH A JUDGE
TODAY.
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NATHAN CARMAN HAS
NEVER BEEN CHARGED
WITH A CRIME....
BUT INVESTIGATIONS
CONTINUE INTO THE
DEATH OF HIS MOTHER
AND GRANDFATHER...
AND THE INSURANCE
COMPANIES IN THIS CIVIL
CASE WANT THOSE
DETAILS TO BE PART OF
THEIR LAWSUIT OVER
CARMAN'S SUNKEN BOAT.
IT WAS LAST SEPTEMBER WHEN
NATHAN CARMAN AND HIS
MOTHER LINDA WENT FISHING
OFF THE COAST OF RHODE
ISLAND IN THEIR BOAT "THE
CHICKEN POX"...
THE BOAT SANK AND NATHAN
WAS RESCUED AFTER A WEEK
ON A LIFE RAFT...HIS MOTHER
LINDA PRESUMED DEAD.
NOW, INSURANCE COMPANIES
ARE CHALLENGING CARMAN IN
COURT AFTER HE TRIED TO FILE
AN 85-THOUSAND DOLLAR
INSURANCE CLAIM ON THE
WRECKED BOAT...
THE COMPANIES CLAIMING THE
CHICKEN POX SINKING WAS NO
ACCIDENT....
WRITING IN A COURT FILING
THAT CARMAN MADE
ALTERATIONS TO THE BOAT
HOURS BEFORE TAKING OFF ON
THAT FISHING TRIP...
THEY CLAIM ONE ALTERATION
LEFT 4 SMALL HOLES IN THE
BOAT.
THE ATTORNEYS ALSO SAYING
(Pre pro)"His actions/inactions
regarding his mother's death are
within the scope of discovery as
'relevant' to the sinking...as
is his
grandfather's unsolved homicide,
potentially similarly motivated
by
Nathan Carman's possible $11
million inheritance."
HIS GRANDFATHER JOHN
CHAKALOS' 2013 MURDER
REMAINS UNSOLVED....CARMAN
WAS ONCE CALLED A "PERSON
OF INTEREST" BY POLICE, BUT
HAS NEVER BEEN CHARGED.
ATTORNEYS FOR BOTH SIDES
MET WITH A JUDGE IN HER
CHAMBERS TODAY TO DISCUSS
THE CASE...
THE CONFERENCE WAS NOT
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR THE
PRESS AND NATHAN CARMAN
DID NOT ATTENED....
BOTH SIDES DECLINING TO
COMMENT AFTERWARDS ON
WHAT WAS SAID INSIDE....
OTHER THAN TO CONFIRM THE
TWO PARTIES DID NOT SETTLE.
THE FISHING BOAT INSURANCE
CLAIM CASE IS EXPECTED TO
GO TO TRIAL NEXT YEAR.
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IN A COMPLETELY
SEPARATE CASE--LINDA
CARMAN'S THREE SISTERS
ARE ASKING A JUDGE NOT
TO ALLOW NATHAN
CARMAN TO COLLECT
FROM HIS
GRANDFATHER'S ESTATE
BECAUSE OF THE
ONGOING MURDER
INVESTIGATION.
STEPH MACHADO
EYEWITNESS NEWS
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NOW AT SIX --- THE
QUESTIONS
SURROUNDING THE MAN
WHOSE MOTHER WAS
LOST AT SEA, CONTINUE
TO GROW.
WE'VE BEEN TRACKING
THE CASE OF NATHAN
CARMAN SINCE LAST YEAR
--- SINCE HE WAS
RESCUED FOLLOWING A
WEEK AT SEA----HE'S
FACED SCRUTINY FROM
POLICE, AND HIS OWN
FAMILY.
NOW TWO INSURANCE
COMPANIES ARE FIGHTING
CARMAN'S CLAIM ON THE
LOST BOAT.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEPH
MACHADO STAKED OUT A
COURT HEARING ON THE
INSURANCE COMPANIES'
LAWSUIT --- SHE JOINS US
LIVE FROM THE
PROVIDENCE MOBILE
NEWSROOM WITH
THE NEW DETAILS.
TODAY'S CLOSED-DOOR
CONFERENCE IN FEDERAL
COURT WAS PART OF THE
DISCOVERY PROCESS IN A
CIVIL LAWSUIT WHERE
TWO INSURANCE
COMPANIES CLAIM THE
SINKING OF NATHAN
CARMAN'S BOAT WAS NO
ACCIDENT.
WHEN THE FISHING BOAT "THE
CHICKEN POX" SUNK IN THE
WATERS OFF SOUTHERN
RHODE ISLAND LAST YEAR....
NATHAN CARMAN FLOATED ON
A LIFE RAFT FOR A WEEK,
EVENTUALLY RESCUED...
BUT HIS MOTHER LINDA
CARMAN WAS PRESUMED
DEAD...
HER DEATH IS STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION....AND TWO
INSURANCE COMPANIES WANT
WHAT THEY CALL NATHAN'S
POSSIBLE "CRIMINAL
WRONGDOING" TO BE A PART
OF THEIR CIVIL SUIT OVER AN
INSURANCE CLAIM CARMAN
MADE ON THE SUNKEN BOAT....
THE INSURANCE COMPANIES
SAY CARMAN ALTERED THE
BOAT BEFORE GOING ON THAT
MOTHER-SON FISHING TRIP OFF
RAM POINT MARINA...
AND THEY SAY ".
(Pre pro)"His actions/inactions
regarding his mother's death are
within the scope of discovery as
'relevant' to the sinking...as
is his
grandfather's unsolved homicide,
potentially similarly motivated
by
Nathan Carman's possible $11
million inheritance."
THAT GRANDFATHER....JOHN
CHAKALOS...WAS MURDERED IN
CONNECTICUT IN 2013...
CARMAN WAS ONCE NAMED A
PERSON OF INTEREST IS HIS
DEATH BY POLICE...
BUT HAS NEVER BEEN
CHARGED.
LINDA CARMAN'S SISTERS ARE
NOW SEPARATELY ASKING A
JUDGE TO BLOCK NATHAN
CARMAN FROM COLLECTING ON
HIS GRANDFATHER'S MULTI-
MILLION DOLLAR ESTATE.
AND NATHAN CARMAN
HIMSELF WAS NOT IN
COURT TODAY AND HIS
ATTORNEYS DECLINED TO
COMMENT AFTER THE
CLOSED-DOOR MEETING...
BUT IN AN EMAIL FILED AS
PART OF THIS COURT
CASE HIS ATTORNEY DAVID
ANDERSON SAYS THE
INSURANCE COMPANIES
SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
INCLUDE HIS
GRANDFATHER'S
UNSOLVED MURDER IN
THIS CIVIL CASE...
ALSO CLAIMING THE
"TABLOID PRESS HAS HAD
A FIELD DAY" WITH
NATHAN.
STEPH MACHADO
EYEWITNESS NEWS.

Insurance Companies Claim Carman Boat Sinking Was No Accident

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