Margaret Stafford

Associated Press

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4 CFOs Who Are Doing it Right

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In this July 23, 2018 file photo, a duck boat that sank in Table Rock Lake in Branson, Mo., is raised after it went down the evening of July 19 after a thunderstorm generated near-hurricane strength winds, killing 17 people. A federal indictment released Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, charges the boat's captain Kenneth Scott McKee with 17 counts of misconduct, negligence or inattention to duty by a ship's officer, resulting in death.

MO Duck Boat Captain Indicted

17 deaths occurred after the duck boat, a refurbished amphibious vessel originally used by the military during World War II, sank during a storm in July .

In this July 23, 2018, file photo, the duck boat that sank in Table Rock Lake in Branson, Mo., is raised. A lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages was filed Sunday, July 29, against the owners and operators of the duck boat that sank July 19.

Fatal Duck Boat Lawsuit Seeks $100M

Lawsuit says company put profits over people's safety after 17 die in accident.

Syngenta Settles for $1.5B

The settlement is believed to be the largest agricultural litigation settlement in U.S. history.

In this Oct. 21, 2016 file photo emergency workers clean various items inside a decontamination tent at Mosaic Life Care, in Atchison, Kan. Federal investigators say Human error and problems with design and labeling led to the release of a large chemical cloud over the city that sent more than 140 people to the hospital last year. The chemical release from MGP Ingredients in Atchison, occurred when a delivery truck driver inadvertently unloaded sulfuric acid into a tank that contained sodium hypochlorite.

Human Error Led to Chemical Cloud

The chemical release from MGP Ingredients in Atchison, Kansas, occurred when a delivery truck driver inadvertently unloaded sulfuric acid into a tank that contained sodium hypochlorite.

This photo from video by KCTV5 shows damage to the side of a building in the aftermath of a fatal explosion at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Mo., Tuesday, April 11, 2017.

Explosion at Ammunition Plant Kills 1

Other explosions have occurred at the Midwestern plant, including a 1990 blast that killed one worker and a 1981 explosion that severely burned a worker who later died.