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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Duck Attack Leads To $275,000 Injury Lawsuit

2014-04-26

[CBS12] A Washougal woman is suing the owner of a pet duck in Estacada, Ore.

Cynthia Ruddell claims Lolita Rose's duck attacked her after it wandered down the street.

Ruddell's attorney, Gregory Price, told KATU, "... The duck flapped its wings at her and knocked her back and she fell down on an outstretched hand and fractured her wrist in two spots."

The incident happened May 7, 2012. Ruddell broke her right wrist, sprained or strained her elbow and shoulder, and suffered a rotator cuff injury.

The lawsuit claims Rose knew the duck had, "Abnormally dangerous propensities in attacking people."

Rose is accused of "needlessly endangering the public" because she didn't keep the duck contained and didn't warn neighbors about the danger.

"We had neighbors that indicated this duck was a crazy duck that attacked kids at the school bus stop and other people before," Price told KATU.

The suit seeks $25,000 for medical expenses and $250,000 for her pain, her suffering and the interference her injuries have had on her normal, daily activities.

Posted by:Fred

#9 Things like this quack me up. Suffered a quack attack, did she?

Posted by: Deacon Blues 2014-04-26 15:51

#8 Surprised this never happened to Jimmuh Carter

Posted by: Frank G 2014-04-26 14:10

#7 Well consider the source; this from the same state that makes it illegal to pump your own gas (natives too stupid to stop when it splashes out the filler neck?) and had to seek refuge in the Fed's Obamacare signup network because their's was FUBAR ( after spending a sh!tload of taxdollars on it)

Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-04-26 12:40

#6 Not as dangerous as a Killer Rabbit.

Al

Posted by: Frozen Al 2014-04-26 12:38

#5 An attack duck?

Posted by: gorb 2014-04-26 10:17

#4 #4 Kent Tungsten Matrix ought to do the trick. 3" 12 g.

Expensive - but I'm worth it.

Posted by: no mo uro 2014-04-26 08:43

#3 Around here a duck wandering down the road would have been dinner.

Posted by: BrerRabbit 2014-04-26 08:17

#2 Damn straight, Steve, think of the horror show if the Harp Seals hear about this incident.

Posted by: Shipman 2014-04-26 04:39

#1 Once upon a time, if you were stupid, useless, or clumsy, you died. You starved to death in winter, or fell off a cliff or got eaten by bears.

Thanks to the wonder of Civilization, we have insulated ourselves from a lot of that inconvenience. But if we are at the point where a duck can take you out of the game, it's time to man up as a species and get back on top of the food chain.

Posted by: SteveS 2014-04-26 00:21

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