Legal Opinion
Couch v. Bowman
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided December 1, 1966No. Civ. A. No. 5642PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT L. TAYLOR, Chief Judge.
This is an action in admiralty for personal injuries allegedly sustained by the libellant, Mr. Couch, on or about September 18, 1965 while he was standing on or near his boat dock situated on the bank of Ft. Loudoun Lake.
It is the theory of Mr. Couch that while standing on his pier a boat came downstream on the lake piloted by Mr. Bowman, and that the boat made unusual or extraordinary waves or swells thus causing the libellant’s boat attached to his dock to become disengaged from the dock and to cause him to be thrown from the bank or walkway or from the boat…
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