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NTSB: Coast Guard ignored duck boat safety proposals
Federal transportation safety investigators criticized the U.S. Coast Guard Wednesday for ignoring suggestions over nearly two decades to improve tourist duck boats, changes they say might have prevented last year’s Missouri accident that killed 17 people. The National Transportation Safety Board released a “Safety Recommendation Report” on the July 2018 accident, when a Ride the [&helli[...]
Arkansas company buys remainder of Branson duck boat fleet
The company that originally owned a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer, killing 17 people, has sold the remainder of its fleet to an Arkansas-based investment company. Stacy Roberts, who owns DUKW Arkansas, LLC, said that his Hot Springs, Arkansas company purchased 18 duck boats on April 23 from Ride the […]
Arkansas company buys remainder of Branson duck boat fleet
The company that originally owned a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer killing 17 people has sold the remainder of its fleet to an Arkansas-based investment company. Stacy Roberts, who owns DUKW Arkansas, LLC, said that his Hot Springs, Arkansas company purchased 18 duck boats on April 23 from Ride the […]
Definition of a lake is focus of duck boats court hearing
The legal definition of what constitutes a lake was the focus of a court hearing concerning a tourist boat accident in Missouri that killed 17 people. A federal judge heard arguments Thursday on whether Table Rock Lake in Branson is a “navigable waterway.” A ruling on that question could determine the scope of damages Ripley […]
Definition of a lake is focus of duck boats court hearing
The legal definition of what constitutes a lake was the focus of a court hearing concerning a tourist boat accident in Missouri that killed 17 people. A federal judge heard arguments Thursday on whether Table Rock Lake in Branson is a “navigable waterway.” A ruling on that question could determine the scope of damages Ripley […]
Company wants some boat-death lawsuits dropped
The company that owns the Ride the Ducks operation in Branson asked a judge Monday to dismiss some of the lawsuits filed after one of its boats sank in a Missouri lake in July, killing 17 people. Ripley Entertainment said in its motions that the boat’s sinking on Table Rock Lake was “an unforeseeable and […]
Company wants some boat-death lawsuits dropped
The company that owns the Ride the Ducks operation in Branson asked a judge Monday to dismiss some of the lawsuits filed after one of its boats sank in a Missouri lake in July, killing 17 people. Ripley Entertainment said in its motions that the boat’s sinking on Table Rock Lake was “an unforeseeable and […]
Duck-boat operators criticize attorney general’s lawsuit
The operators of a Missouri duck boat that sank in July, killing 17 people, say in a court filing that a lawsuit from Missouri’s attorney general is “irresponsible” and “littered with factual inaccuracies and innuendo.” Attorney General Josh Hawley’s lawsuit filed last month accused Branson Duck Vehicles and Ripley Entertainment Inc. of violating Missouri’[...]
Duck-boat operators criticize attorney general’s lawsuit
The operators of a Missouri duck boat that sank in July, killing 17 people, say in a court filing that a lawsuit from Missouri’s attorney general is “irresponsible” and “littered with factual inaccuracies and innuendo.” Attorney General Josh Hawley’s lawsuit filed last month accused Branson Duck Vehicles and Ripley Entertainment Inc. of violating Missouri’[...]
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