TROJAN BOAT COMPANY v. LUTZ

No. 22453.

358 F.2d 299 (1966)

TROJAN BOAT COMPANY, Appellant, v. John J. LUTZ, as owner of the YACHT BETH II, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 22, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Young and Blackwell, Walker & Gray, Miami, Fla., for appellant.

Linwood B. Anderson, William C. Norwood, Harold P. Barkas, Miami, Fla., Fowler, White, Gillen, Humkey & Trenam, of counsel, Miami, Fla., for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Two questions are posed in this appeal from a decree holding the manufacturer of the BETH II, a 27-foot 1961 cabin cruiser, solely responsible for her loss and the ensuing personal injury and property damages occasioned when she exploded during an effort to start the gasoline engines. The first is that the vessel owner's own fault was so glaring in quality and operative effect that this should constitute the sole proximate cause of the casualty. This would...

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