United States Eleventh Circuit

Judgment for plaintiffs, in case where pleasure boat crashed into defendant's stationary barge, is affirmed over claims that the district court erroneously: 1) found the barge obstructed navigation in violation of 33 U.S.C. section 409; 2) placed a presumption of fault on defendant under the Pennsylvania Rule; 3) determined defendant failed to show its violation could not have been a cause of the crash; 4) refused to apportion a percentage of fault to plaintiffs; 5) determined total damages for two plaintiffs.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/14/2006
• Published 04/14/2006

Judges

• BLACK, Circuit Judge:, Before BLACK, HULL and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John Richard Hamilton, Foley & Lardner, LLP, Orlando, FL, Allan P. Clark, Bradley R. Johnson, Christopher Ryan Maloney, Foley & Lardner, LLP, Jacksonville, FL, James Randolph Evans, McKenna, Long & Aldridge, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gary A. Bubb, Gary A. Bubb, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, Mark Hicks, Dinah S. Stein, Hicks & Kneale, P.A., Miami, FL, Brian M. Flaherty, Farah & Farah, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, Charles Lee Truncale, St. Augustine, FL, for Appellees.