UpwardThrust
10-02-2005, 20:52
The parents of a man found naked and dead on the back of a killer whale at SeaWorld Orlando are suing the marine park, alleging the dangerous orca was portrayed as a huggable stuffed toy, according to a lawyer representing the family.
Patricia and Michael Dukes of Columbia, S.C., filed suit September 10, 1999 in Orange County Circuit Court seeking several million dollars for pain and suffering at the loss of their only son, Daniel, 27, a drifter who drowned in July in a whale tank at the Florida theme park.
Attorney Patricia Sigman said SeaWorld is legally liable because it portrayed the killer whale as human loving.
After the naked corpse of Daniel Dukes was found in a tank with a killer whale at Florida's SeaWorld, park officials determined that he had drowned after slipping past security and trying to swim with the whale.
Claiming that the park should warn visitors that the animal could kill people who enter the water -- aside from referring to it as ``killer'' whale -- just doesn't hold water, does it?
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Patricia and Michael Dukes of Columbia, S.C., filed suit September 10, 1999 in Orange County Circuit Court seeking several million dollars for pain and suffering at the loss of their only son, Daniel, 27, a drifter who drowned in July in a whale tank at the Florida theme park.
Attorney Patricia Sigman said SeaWorld is legally liable because it portrayed the killer whale as human loving.
After the naked corpse of Daniel Dukes was found in a tank with a killer whale at Florida's SeaWorld, park officials determined that he had drowned after slipping past security and trying to swim with the whale.
Claiming that the park should warn visitors that the animal could kill people who enter the water -- aside from referring to it as ``killer'' whale -- just doesn't hold water, does it?
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