UNITED STATES v. McKEE

No. 20-3671.

68 F.4th 1100 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Kenneth Scott MCKEE; Charles V. Baltzell; Curtis P. Lanham, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 30, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian P. Casey , Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, argued ( Teresa A. Moore , U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, Casey Clark , Asst. U.S. Atty., Springfield, MO, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

James R. Hobbs , Wyrsch Hobbs & Mirakian, P.C., Kansas City, MO, argued ( Marilyn B. Keller , on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

J. Justin Johnston , Johnston Law Firm LLC, Kansas City, MO, for defendant-appellee Charles V. Baltzell.

Thomas J. Bath, Jr. , Tricia A. Bath , Bath & Edmonds, P.A., Leawood, KS, for defendant-appellee Curtis P, Lanham.

Before KELLY, ERICKSON, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.


On July 19, 2018, 17 people were killed after Stretch Duck 7, a commercial tourism duck boat operating on Table Rock Lake in the Ozarks, sank during a storm. The government charged Kenneth Scott McKee, the captain of Stretch Duck 7, and Charles V. Baltzell and Curtis P. Lanham, managers of the duck boat company...

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