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Grandfather in cruise ship toddler death is passing on a jury trial

FILE - This May 11, 2006 file photo shows the Freedom of the Seas cruise ship docked in Bayonne, N.J. Kimberley Wiegand, the mother of an 18-month-old Indiana girl who fell to her death from an open window on the cruise ship in Puerto Rico, told NBC’s “Today” show Monday, July 22, 2019 that her family will sue Royal Caribbean Cruises for “not having a safer situation on the 11th floor of that cruise ship.” (AP Photo/Mike Derer, File)

Salvatore Anello, who is accused in the cruise ship death of his grandchild, has declined his right to a jury trial.

On Monday the grandfather of the Granger toddler declined a jury trial and will instead face a judge. The case is expected to be heard in April.

Eighteen month-old Chloe Wiegand died after falling through an open window in July of 2019 while the Royal Caribbean Freedom of the Seas was docked in Puerto Rico.

The family has sued the cruise line for negligence, and the company is suing the grandfather who had been holding the little girl.

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