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ABYC Consolidated Boat Warnings: ANSI Z535.4 & ALL CAPS

Posted by Gary 
· Thursday, January 7th, 2016 at 02:13 PM 
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We previously announced the American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) consolidated boat warnings in our May 2015 post titled, ABYC Releases Consolidated Boat Warning Labels. As we review those labels, one feature of several labels stands out, the excessive use of ALL CAPS. As ABYC talks about the new labels, they repeatedly mention American National […]

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Angelopoulos v. Volvo Penta, Grady-White et. al.

Posted by Gary 
· Sunday, October 26th, 2014 at 09:19 PM 
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Konstaninos Angelopoulos filed a $30 million lawsuit against Volvo Penta, Grady-White, Norfolk Marine Company, and Richard Harris (boat owner and operator). The suit is for injuries his daughter, A.E. Angelopoulos, received in a boat propeller accident back on 30 June 2011. Then 12, she was entrapped by the Duoprop twin contra-rotating propeller stern drive on […]

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Legal Aspects of Social Media & Boat Propeller Accidents: DJ Laz example

Posted by Gary 
· Tuesday, May 13th, 2014 at 11:50 PM 
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Social Media posts, photographs, and videos from Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Flickr, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google Plus, YouTube, and others are becoming increasingly important in accident cases (auto accidents, workplace accidents, etc.). This post will focus more specifically on the legal aspects of sharing and social network Social Media with respect to boat propeller accidents, and […]

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Bass Boat Operators Ejected Overboard Underway in Open Water: A List

Posted by Gary 
· Thursday, March 20th, 2014 at 05:21 PM 
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While bass boat operators have been being ejected /thrown out when underway in open water for decades, recent trends are contributing to the growing list of those ejected. Among these trends include: Availability & popularity of higher horsepower outboard motors Growth of the bass tournament industry Professional anglers wanting to get from one spot to […]

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Mrs. Barhanovich says No to Bean & Archer plan to blame Suzuki

Posted by Gary 
· Friday, March 7th, 2014 at 01:44 PM 
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On 3 February 2014, C.F. Bean, Bean Meridian, and Archer Western Contractors filed a Third Party Complaint in U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, Southern Division. The complain called for adding Suzuki (USA), Suzuki (Japan), and Bob’s Machine Shop (jack plate manufacturer) as defendants in the case regarding the death of Mark Barhanovich. Mr. […]

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Propeller Warning Labels seen at the 2014 Tulsa Boat Show: Part 1

Posted by Gary 
· Tuesday, March 4th, 2014 at 04:43 PM 
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We attended the 2014 Tulsa Boat Show on Wednesday afternoon January 29, 2014. This post is Part 1 of our two part coverage of propeller warning labels at 2014 show. It follows up on our 2012 and 2013 posts on Propeller Warning Labels at the Tulsa Boat Show. Lora and I walked around and photographed […]

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Propeller Warning Labels seen at the 2014 Tulsa Boat Show: Part 2

Posted by Gary 
· Tuesday, March 4th, 2014 at 04:43 PM 
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This post is Part 2 of our two part coverage of propeller warning labels at 2014 show. We tried to group most of the stand alone propeller warnings on this page. A few of them are on page 1 as part of our coverage of clusters of warnings.

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Barhanovich case: Archer & Bean blame Suzuki & Bob’s Machine Shop

Posted by Gary 
· Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 at 03:40 PM 
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C.F. Bean Limitation of Liability Case has taken a twist. The case originated with C.F. Bean and Bean Meridian filing a Jones Act suit in Mississippi Southern District Court. Bean was attempting to limit any potential liability in the death of Mark Barhanovich to the value of their barge and its contents. Mr. Barhanovich of […]

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Swim Platform Seats: An Attractive Nuisance to Children, Youth, & Adults?

Posted by Gary 
· Monday, February 11th, 2013 at 02:12 PM 
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Lora and I attended the 2013 Tulsa Boat Show on Wednesday January 30th. We were quickly overwhelmed with swim platform seats, aft facing seats, swim deck seating. Swim platform seats were almost ubiquitous on midsize and large boats. The extreme popularity of this design can lead to some problems. Most of the boats with swim […]

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Propeller Warning Labels Seen at the 2013 Tulsa Boat Show

Posted by Gary 
· Saturday, February 9th, 2013 at 04:43 PM 
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We attended the 2013 Tulsa Boat Show on Wednesday afternoon January 30, 2013. Following up on our 2012 post on Propeller Warning Labels at the Tulsa Boat Show, once again, Lora and I walked around and photographed propeller warning labels / decals. Once again we were surprised at the variety of decals and warnings. Lora […]

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