Legal Opinion
Evans v. Nantucket Community Sailing, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided October 22, 2008No. Civil Action 05-10088-MBBPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BOWLER, United States Magistrate Judge.
This action arises out of a July 2002 accident during a sailboat race off Jetties Beach in Nantucket. Defendant Donncha Kiely (“Kiely”), at the helm of a Hunter 140 sailboat, jibed the boat during the race. The tip of the boom struck plaintiff Julianne Marie Evans (“Evans”), a passenger sitting port side in a nearby Hunter 140 sailboat. Defendant Ronan O’Siochru (“O’Siochru”) was at the helm of the sailboat in which Evans was the only other occupant.
Evans seeks recovery from Kiely and O’Siochru (“defendants”) for negligence under…
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