The criminal trial is over, but the lawsuit against the Ride The Ducks company (and the company that owned and operated the barge) for damages is just about to hit the courtroom. The lawyer for the families of the two Hungarian victims who died in the crash say the video shows the mate on the boat abandon ship before the impact, and captain Gary Fox wasting time and not instructing the passengers to put on their life vests or calling for help. But the main problem, Lawyer Robert Mongaluzzi argues, is, “the way this duck boat was designed, once you turned off ignition when you have a suspected fire your radio and your air horn didn’t work.” Mongaluzzi is also trying to get around a law that maxes out the damages available at the value of the vessels involved.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 at 11:03 am.