The companies are trying to use an old maritime law to limit their liability. a survivor of the accident, which killed 17 in branson, mo., said it was insulting.. The july 19 accident was one of the deadliest involving a duck boat — modeled after the amphibious trucks used in world war ii to move along land and water — in united states history.. The duck boat that capsized during a storm in southwestern missouri last week -- a disaster that left 17 people dead -- was raised to the surface of table rock lake on monday in an effort overseen.
Tia coleman was comforted by her sister leeta bigbee after speaking to the news media on saturday. nine of ms. coleman’s family members died in a duck boat accident in branson, mo., this week.. Lawyers called the accident “the predictable and predicted result of decades of unacceptable, greed-driven and willful ignorance of safety by the duck boat industry.”. An amphibious tour boat carrying 31 people sank in a furious squall on a southwestern missouri lake thursday evening, leaving 17 people dead, including nine members of one family, officials said..
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