Ripley Entertainment News

New Duck Boat Tours Planned for Missouri Lake Where 17 Drowned

A new company said it is planning to bring tours featuring “unsinkable” amphibious boats back to a Missouri lake where 17 people drowned when a duck boat sank in 2018. The owners of Branson Duck Tours LLC said they hope …

Owner of Missouri Duck Boat Settles Final Lawsuit Over Deadly Sinking

The owner of a tourist duck boat that sank in a Missouri lake, killing 17 people, has settled its final pending lawsuit for an undisclosed amount. Thirty-one lawsuits have been filed against Ripley Entertainment since the former World War II …

Judge: 1851 Maritime Law Doesn’t Apply in Missouri Duck Boat Case

A federal judge has ruled that an 1851 maritime law does not protect a company from making payments to families of people aboard a tourist boat that sank on a Missouri lake, killing 17 people. After the July 2018 sinking …

Ripley Entertainment Settles Some Missouri Duck Boat Lawsuits

A company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer, killing 17 people, said that it has settled or is in the process of settling more than half of the lawsuits it faces. KYTV reports …

2 More Workers Indicted in Missouri Duck Boat Sinking That Killed 17

A federal grand jury has indicted two more employees of a company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer, killing 17 people. Curtis Lanham, the general manager at Ride the Ducks Branson, and Charles …

Company Says It Was Told Duck Boats Were OK Before Missouri Sinking

An entertainment company that owned a duck boat involved in a fatal sinking on a Missouri lake last summer disputes that an independent investigator told it its vehicles did not comply with a government standard. Ripley Entertainment hired Steve Paul …

Company in Fatal Missouri Sinking Stops 2019 Duck Boat Operations

The company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer, killing 17 people, announced that it won’t operate the vessels this year because of the ongoing investigation and will instead open a replacement attraction in …

First Case Settled in Fatal Missouri Duck Boat Sinking

The owner of a tourist boat that sank in a Missouri lake and killed 17 people has reached a settlement with relatives of two brothers who were among the victims. The Kansas City Star reports that lawyers for Ervin and …

Duck Boat Owner, Missouri Family Settle Suit Over Fatal Sinking

The company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake in the summer, killing 17 people, has settled the first of several lawsuits filed in the accident. William Bright, 65, and his 63-year-old wife, Janice, of Higginsville, …

Duck Boat Company Wants Some Missouri Boat Death Lawsuits Dropped

The company that owns the Ride the Ducks operation in Branson has asked a judge 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 …