Woman Gets $7 Million in 2015 Seattle Duck Boat Crash

Woman Gets $7 Million in 2015 Seattle Duck Boat Crash

Introduction

A German woman was awarded $7 million in a civil lawsuit filed against Ride the Ducks International (RTDI) and Ride the Ducks Seattle after the woman was critically injured in a crash that killed five people.

The Seattle Times reported, on September 24, 2015, the woman was one of the passengers in a Ride the Ducks tour vehicle that rammed into a chartered bus which carried North Seattle College, international students. The crash, which happened on the Aurora Bridge, caused the people aboard the Ducks boat flying and crushed the woman’s face against the vehicle's metal dashboard. The 23-year-old woman had to undergo several surgeries to repair her face and might need more surgeries in the future, according to her attorney. Collectively, Ride the Ducks International and Ride the Ducks Seattle will pay $6.5 million, the city of Seattle the State of Washington will pay $250,000. The city and state were not found to be at fault in the first trial.

Attorneys representing RTDI and Ride the Ducks Seattle announced that they planned to withdraw their appeal of a $123 million jury verdict awarded to 40 plaintiffs in February this year.