9 year-old Kaden Frederick was on the bow of a rented pontoon boat Wednesday afternoon August 17, 2016 near Ocean City, Maryland. The pontoon boat was running about half speed as he dangled his legs over the bow. Three others sat on the bow beside him. We previously covered the accident. Kaden fell over the […]
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Legal Shorts – Page 2
State of Maryland files against boat rental operation in propeller fatality
Posted by Gary
· Saturday, January 21st, 2017 at 04:40 PM
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Bean partially wins appeal in Barhanovich case in U.S Court of Appeals
Posted by Gary
· Saturday, November 5th, 2016 at 09:16 PM
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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Clippard vs. Yamaha outboard flipped in propeller case settled
Posted by Gary
· Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 at 02:43 PM
In May 2013 Timothy Clippard of Missouri was killed in a boating accident on Kentucky Lake during a bass fishing tournament. His fishing partner piloted the Ranger bass boat as they passed under a large bridge on the way back to weigh in. The 225 horsepower Yamaha outboard motor struck a barely submerged bridge support […]
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Bean appeal in Barhanovich case heard by U.S. Court of Appeals for 5th Circuit
Posted by Gary
· Sunday, September 25th, 2016 at 07:28 PM
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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$23 million Circle of Death propeller accident verdict upheld
Posted by Gary
· Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 at 07:55 PM
Derek Hebert was on a Champion center console boat being operated by Daniel Vamvoras on 7 May 2005. They were between the Calcasieu River and Lake Charles County Club. The steering system failed and the boat began to spin (the Circle of Death). Derek Hebert was ejected, struck 19 times by the propeller, and died […]
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Barhanovich case: Suzuki released, Bean appeals
Posted by Gary
· Thursday, January 28th, 2016 at 05:19 PM
The fatal propeller accident in which Mark Barhanovich’s boat allegedly struck a dredge pipe and the Suzuki outboard motor broke off, flipped into the boat and struck him with the propeller has resulted in perhaps the most complicated propeller accident case ever with no end in sight. Mr. Barhanovich was a cherished, well known citizen […]
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Moreno vs. Ross Island Sand & Gravel trial: jury decision
Posted by Gary
· Tuesday, January 26th, 2016 at 03:01 PM
Back on 29 September 2011, Mike Moreno, a professional bass angler, and his stepson, Jared Mitchell were prefishing the California Bass Federation State Championship tournament The were rolling along in a Ranger bass boat powered by a 250 horsepower Mercury outboard motor. About 8 am they struck a dredge pipe on the San Joaquin River […]
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Angelopoulos v. Volvo Penta, Grady-White, et al: in Pre Trial Conference
Posted by Gary
· Friday, January 22nd, 2016 at 06:34 PM
A young girl, by the last name of Angelopoulos, then 12 or 13, was entrapped in Volvo DuoProp stern drive propeller on 30 June 2011 in Chesapeake Bay near Lynnhaven Pier in Virginina Beach. The vessel was a 24 foot 2000 Grady-White Sailfish. The young girl was reboarding the boat after tubing. It took about […]
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Bean Pled Guilty in Barhanovich Criminal Case
Posted by Gary
· Monday, November 30th, 2015 at 09:12 AM
Mark Barhanovich was killed 16 September 2012 when his 23 foot center console fishing boat struck a dredge pipe off Deer Island, Mississippi. The 225 horsepower Suzuki outboard motor broke off and flipped up into the boat, fatally striking him with its still rotating propeller. Mr. Barhanovich’s family settled a civil suit against the dredging […]
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DJ Laz, South Florida radio personality, was operating the 42 foot boat involved in the fatal propeller strike of Ernesto Hernandez in May 2014. Ernesto and others nearby came to help push the large boat off a Nixon Beach sandbar near Key Biscayne during a Voli Vodka promotional event. On Wednesday November 4, 2015, DJ […]
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