SeaWorld Claims Guest Hit in Face by Bird Got Species Wrong

A woman suing SeaWorld Orlando after a bird crashed into her face on a rollercoaster could see her case fall apart after lawyers for the park claimed she got her waterfowls mixed up. Hillary Martin claimed she was hit by a duck at SeaWorld Orlando on March 24, filing a complaint in Orange County on Oct. 28. She claimed the park created a “zone of danger for bird strikes” by building the Mako rollercoaster next to a lake. She claimed “a duck flew into the path of the roller coaster and struck [her] in the face,” and said she has since suffered from a loss of earnings, disability, and permanent injury. Now, representatives for the park think they can snuff out the $50,000 claim because, they say, the bird was not a duck, but a snowy egret……

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