$3.75 Million – Boating Accident
The victim was swimming off of a public beach when he was hit by a passing boater. The catastrophically injured swimmer was airlifted to a hospital but died a few hours after his arrival. Prior to any lawsuit being filed, the case settled against the boater for $500,000.00, which was the entirety of his available insurance policy limits. A lawsuit was then filed against a watersports company that operated a beachfront watersports rental company near the location of the collision. The case against the watersports rental company settled for $3,250,000.00.e boater that struck the decedent was not affiliated with the watersports company, The Haggard Law Firm argued that the watersports company failed to set its buoys a safe distance from shore, which drew the passing boater closer to shore and the public swim area than he otherwise would have been traveling at such a high rate of speed.
