Legal Opinion
Frances A. Shelkofsky v. Arthur E. Broughton and Francis J. Broughton
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 9, 1968No. 24875PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
On August 31, 1964, Clifford Shelkof-sky and his grandson, Greg Stemm, age seven, were fishing off a 13-foot skiff powered by an 18-horsepower outboard motor in St. Andrews Bay in Bay County, Florida. Appellees’ 65-foot yacht, the FRANNY BEE, proceeding at a speed variously estimated at from 8 to 10 and 25 to 30 miles per hour, passed within 35 feet of the Shelkofsky skiff en route from Pensacola to Panama City, Florida. Soon after the FRANNY BEE passed, two men fishing nearby discovered young Greg hanging on to the overturned Shel-kofsky skiff. Mr. Shelkofsky had drowned. His widow filed…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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