NEW: Yamaha settles bass boat lawsuit
Mark Lamb -- Mon, Sep/8/03
Yamaha Motor Corp., Dawson Marine Boat Sales, Yamaha's Skeeter boats and others have agreed to a $6.885-million lawsuit settlement with boater Michael Davis, according to several newspaper reports on Sunday.
Davis alleged that the design and engine of a Skeeter bass boat were responsible for an October 2000 boat accident in which the bass boat took a sudden turn, throwing the driver from the boat and causing the boat's propeller to hit Davis, according to the newspaper reports. As a result of his injuries, Davis is now a quadriplegic.
"A 90-inch-wide Skeeter boat should not have 200 or 225 horsepower Yamaha engine on it, or any motor of that size," Davis' attorney, Chris J. Roy Sr., told the newspapers.
The lawyer also said during a test by Yahama in January, the same type of boat made a sudden, unexpected turn, throwing a technician into the water.
In addition to the other parties, William J. Self and Progressive Insurance Co. were named in the suit.
Under the settlement, Yamaha will pay Davis $6 million in compensatory damages, Dawson Marina and Boat Sales will pay $750,000 in damages, Yamaha Skeeter will pay $100,000 in court costs and Progressive Insurance will pay $25,000 in damages and $10,000 in court costs, the newspapers reported.
Mark Lamb -- Mon, Sep/8/03
Yamaha Motor Corp., Dawson Marine Boat Sales, Yamaha's Skeeter boats and others have agreed to a $6.885-million lawsuit settlement with boater Michael Davis, according to several newspaper reports on Sunday.
Davis alleged that the design and engine of a Skeeter bass boat were responsible for an October 2000 boat accident in which the bass boat took a sudden turn, throwing the driver from the boat and causing the boat's propeller to hit Davis, according to the newspaper reports. As a result of his injuries, Davis is now a quadriplegic.
"A 90-inch-wide Skeeter boat should not have 200 or 225 horsepower Yamaha engine on it, or any motor of that size," Davis' attorney, Chris J. Roy Sr., told the newspapers.
The lawyer also said during a test by Yahama in January, the same type of boat made a sudden, unexpected turn, throwing a technician into the water.
In addition to the other parties, William J. Self and Progressive Insurance Co. were named in the suit.
Under the settlement, Yamaha will pay Davis $6 million in compensatory damages, Dawson Marina and Boat Sales will pay $750,000 in damages, Yamaha Skeeter will pay $100,000 in court costs and Progressive Insurance will pay $25,000 in damages and $10,000 in court costs, the newspapers reported.