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Cioban v. Silverthorn: houseboat propeller case decided

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· Wednesday, July 1st, 2020 at 08:47 PM 
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A hat blew off woman on the upper deck of a rental houseboat on Shasta Lake in California back on May 30, 2015. Olga Cioban walked down to the first deck, heard an engine running she thought was the generator, jumped from the stern to retrieve the hat, and was struck by the houseboat propeller. […]

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Cioban-Leontiy v. Silverthorn – houseboat case: part 1

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· Saturday, May 11th, 2019 at 09:15 PM 
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The Accident About 12 people took a 4 night houseboat rental Lake Shasta (California) in the summer of 2015. The 56 foot 2001 Waterway Houseboat (Canadian manufacturer) Mirage was powered by a Volvo Penta stern drive. Note – this is Part 1 of this post, Part 2 is our commentary on events on this page. […]

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Cioban v. Silverthorn: part 2: Our Comments

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· Saturday, May 11th, 2019 at 09:14 PM 
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We previously covered the status of Cioban-Leontiy v. Silverthorn Resorts & Volvo Penta rental houseboat propeller injury case in PART 1. As of 13 May 2019, negligence as described in part 2 of Plaintiff’s Second Amended Claim is the issue remaining in this case. Thus rental boat training, warnings, rental agreements, deficit safety features, rental […]

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Barhanovich case update 6 April 2018

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· Friday, April 6th, 2018 at 02:01 PM 
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The Barhanovich case resulted from a boat accident off Biloxi Mississippi in which a large Suzuki outboard motor allegedly struck dredge pipe, broke off, flipped into the boat and killed Mark Barhanovich on Sunday morning 16 September 2012. In our last update we updated the status of the Barhanovich case as of 5 November 2016. […]

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Propeller Safety Year in Review 2017

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· Saturday, December 30th, 2017 at 02:18 PM 
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A brief review of the major propeller safety events in 2017 including safety meetings, accidents, legal cases, deaths of those involved in the movement, statistics, patents, articles published, public service announcements, anniversaries, regulations, and other related events.

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Boat Design Defects: NBC4 Investigation “Small Craft Advisory”

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· Thursday, August 17th, 2017 at 02:38 PM 
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NBC Channel 4, Washington D.C., aired a series of stories on boat design defects on 16 August 2017. The series focuses on: Two families: (1) family of Ryan Batchelder, 7 year old boy killed by a boat propeller in Georgia in 2014, and (2) family of Niki Bell, struck by a boat propeller in California […]

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Propeller Safety Year in Review 2016

Posted by Gary 
· Saturday, December 10th, 2016 at 05:20 PM 

A brief review of the major propeller safety events in 2016 including safety meetings, accidents, legal cases, deaths of those involved in the movement, statistics, patents, articles published, public service announcements, anniversaries, regulations, and other related events.

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Bean partially wins appeal in Barhanovich case in U.S Court of Appeals

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· Saturday, November 5th, 2016 at 09:16 PM 
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Back in 2012 Mark Barhanovich of Biloxi, Mississippi was going out fishing in his boat with a friend just off Biloxi. The Suzuki outboard motor struck a dredge pipe, broke off, flipped into the boat, and killed Mr. Barhanovich, at least partially with the propeller. Bean, the dredging firm, previously settled with the Barhanovich family. […]

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Bean appeal in Barhanovich case heard by U.S. Court of Appeals for 5th Circuit

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· Sunday, September 25th, 2016 at 07:28 PM 
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On September 16, 2012 Mark Barhanovich’s boat struck a dredge pipe off Deer Island, Mississippi, his 225 horsepower Suzuki outboard motor broke off, flipped into the boat, and he was killed by the propeller. As to what led up to the appeal, see our post titled, Barhanovich case: Suzuki released, Bean appeals The Expert Reports […]

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New Category – Outboard Motor Broke Off & Flipped Into Boat

Posted by Gary 
· Thursday, July 14th, 2016 at 02:54 PM 
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Numerous previous posts concerned outboard motors striking submerged objects, breaking off, and flipping into boats, preventing or mitigating those accidents, log strike systems, accidents and legal trials involving such accidents and related topics. We will now be covering this topic in this category of the PropellerSafety blog. If anyone wonders why we are covering these […]

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