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9 Members of Same Family Among 17 Killed in Duck Boat Accident
Companies use 1851 law to deny liability in duck boat tragedy that killed 17
Oct 16, 2018
By Mark Alesia, Indianapolis Star
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INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana woman who lost nine family members in the sinking of a duck boat in Missouri over the summer expressed outrage at a court filing Monday by two companies facing multiple lawsuits in the tragedy.
The companies, Branson Duck Vehicles and Ripley Entertainment, cited an 1851 maritime law to limit or eliminate liability for the tragedy that killed 17 people in July, according to Tia Coleman's lawyers.
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In a filing in federal court in Missouri, the defendants denied negligence in the sinking of the boat. But the filing said that if a court does find negligence, their liability is zero. That's because "the Vessel was a total loss and has no current value. No freight was pending on the Vessel."
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Wow. ****ing wow. There is a special place in hell for lawyers like the ones behind this "defense".