22' Sea Ray crash kills 2

Very, very sad.

I have to wonder if alcohol played a role.
 
We were hit last year by 4 people in a SR 185 on plane at night everyone in the boat was under the influence. We were under power just above idle speed. It is very sad to see these types of things happen.
 
Thats such a shame! It will be intresting to find out A) if alcohol is a factor B) who has liability as it appears the boat was stolen (at least used without the owners approval).
 
Unfortunately, the marina will probably be held partially responsible in today's age of sue happiness.
 
"He said the two were not experienced boaters. They had access to the 22-foot Sea Ray because the shop had just replaced the boat's engine
"They decided to go for a midnight joyride, and obviously, a very, very sad ending to it all. Our hearts go out to the families," he told the AP. "They just had a major lapse of judgment."

The marina-shop is responsible for the actions of their employees, securing the boat they had possession of and, damage to the boat as I read it.

MM
 
MonacoMike said:
"He said the two were not experienced boaters. They had access to the 22-foot Sea Ray because the shop had just replaced the boat's engine
"They decided to go for a midnight joyride, and obviously, a very, very sad ending to it all. Our hearts go out to the families," he told the AP. "They just had a major lapse of judgment."

The marina-shop is responsible for the actions of their employees, securing the boat they had possession of and, damage to the boat as I read it.

MM
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Not necessarily. There is conduct by employees that is deemed so far outside the course and scope of their employment that an employer is not going to be held liable. There are a lot of facts that go into the equation but assuming there is no history of this conduct, no knowledge by the employer that stuff like this happened before, no reason to believe it was going to happen, then they will have a good argument to avoid liability. Now, granted, this will likely be a huge legal mess for them and their insurance carrier will likely defend it on a reservation of rights and settle it at some point. There are an infinite number of examples out there where employer is not responsible for the conduct of its employees.

A situation where a health care provider was euthanizing some patients comes to mind . . ..
 
Rono007 said:
Very, very sad. I have to wonder if alcohol played a role.
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From the article....
"The Attorney General's office is investigating the incident, and part of that probe will involve determining whether alcohol was involved in the crash, which occurred just before 2 a.m. on Sunday"

Given the time of night and the ages I would say alcohol likely played a part. As the victim of an accident caused solely by a drunk boater I have little tolerance for booze and boats....
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Daninja, the root cause of lack of self control. Unfortunately, sometimes the only cure for lack of self control is a cleansing of the gene pool.
 
Very simillar incident here a few years back but all experienced boaters. Fatal accident enquiry never really found any one reason. Middle of the night, probably doing around "forty" may have became confused or disorientated, a degree of alchol involved but what was very evident from the photos of the boat, in particular, the damage to the helm and bulkhead was that there is no occupant crash protection as would be found in a car. Boats just aren't designed to hit rocks at that speed.
 
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