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ALABAMA POWER CO. v. MARINE BUILDERS, INC.

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475 So.2d 168 (1985)

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY, a corporation v. MARINE BUILDERS, INC., a corporation; and Bangor Punta Corporation, a corporation.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

August 2, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carroll H. Sullivan of Gaillard, Little, Hume & Sullivan, Mobile, Edward S. Allen of Balch, Bingham, Baker, Ward, Smith, Bowman & Thagard, Birmingham, for appellant.

Peter V. Sintz and Frank G. Taylor of Sintz, Pike, Campbell & Duke, Mobile, for appellee Marine Builders.

Alex T. Howard, Jr. and Alan C. Christian, of Johnstone, Adams, Howard, Bailey & Gordon, Mobile, for appellee Bangor Punta Corp.

BEATTY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict for plaintiffs and against Alabama Power Company in the amount of $3.5 million. We affirm.

The case is an outgrowth of a boating accident which occurred on Dog River, at the entrance to Halls Mill Creek, a navigable waterway in Mobile County, Alabama, on May 6, 1979. At that time and place, David Williams was operating a 1975 O'Day 25-foot sailing vessel, manufactured and sold by...

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