CALHOUN v. YAMAHA MOTOR CORP., USA

No. CIV. A. 90-4295.

40 F.Supp.2d 288 (1999)

Lucien B. CALHOUN and Robin Calhoun, Individually and as Administrators of the Estate of Natalie K. Calhoun, Deceased v. YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION, USA and Yamaha Motor Company, Ltd.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

March 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Taylor, Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Lucien B. Calhoun, Robin L. Calhoun, individually and as Administrators of the Estate of Natalie K. Calhoun, deceased, Plaintiffs.

Jonathan Dryer, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, William R. Hoffman, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Philadelphia, PA, for Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., ABC Corporations, XYZ Partnerships, Defendants.


OPINION

POLLAK, District Judge.

This case arises from the tragic death, in the offshore waters of Puerto Rico, of Natalie Calhoun, the minor daughter of Lucien B. Calhoun and Robin L. Calhoun. In the summer of 1989, Natalie, twelve, who lived with her parents in Pennsylvania, went on a vacation trip to Puerto Rico with a friend and her friend's parents. During their stay at a resort hotel, Natalie rented a "Wavejammer" jet ski. The Wavejammer hit a vessel...

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