Boat Accident Lawsuit Resources

Boat crash driver 'apologised in tears'
A Perth woman who has launched a civil lawsuit over sickening injuries she suffered in a boat crash has told the District Court today that the vessel's skipper - the son of a State MP - came to her hospital bed in tears to apologise soon after the accident.

Lawsuit filed in death of Brooklyn Park man in Chippewa River boat crash
A third lawsuit has been filed related to a July 22 boat crash on the Chippewa River that killed four people.

Woman who lost arm in Lake Norman boating incident files lawsuit
MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- A woman who was seriously hurt in a June boating accident on Lake Norman has filed a lawsuit against the the boat's driver, owner and manufacturer. Deondra Scott, 26, of Charlotte, lost her right arm when she was hit by a propeller on June 25 after she jumped off a boat during the annual "Lake Bash" party in a cove off Gainswood Drive in Mooresville. In June police said the ...

Orange County Subdivision Faces $6M Lawsuit in Boating Death
A Fauquier County woman has filed a $6 million wrongful-death lawsuit against an Orange County subdivision in a boating accident that killed her husband.

Another lawsuit filed over July boat crash
Another lawsuit has been filed over the July 22, 2011 boat crash on the Chippewa River that claimed the lives of four people.

HB92 makes leaving the scene of a boating accident illegal
SALT LAKE CITY — A bill to make boaters wait for emergency help if they hit someone in the water unanimously passed...

Woman sues boat operator, renter
A Charlotte woman who lost one of her arms and her breasts after being struck by a boat propeller on Lake Norman last June has sued the boat operator.

Woman who lost arm in boating accident: 'I'm always in pain'
HARRISBURG, N.C. -- Deondra Scott lost her right arm, and nearly her life, at a boat party on Lake Norman in June 2011. Scott was struck twice by the propeller of a boat driven by her former co-worker Dennis Allen. Allen is one of the three defendants named in a lawsuit filed by Scott’s attorney last week. Attorney Adam Seifer said they are asking the boat owner and manufacturer also be held ...

Bill holds boaters accountable for accidents
A bill to make boaters wait for emergency help if they hit someone in the water unanimously passed the House Transportation Committee on Friday and will now go to the full House.