McDaniel v. Linder

John Mauzy Pittman, Judge.

The parties in this tort case rented adjacent boat stalls on Lake Hamilton in Garland County, Arkansas. In July 1995, appellant attached a battery charger to the battery of his boat and left the charger connected, unattended, while he went out of town for three or four days. Appellant’s battery exploded and spewed battery acid onto appel-lee’s pontoon boat. Appellee filed suit alleging that his pontoon boat was damaged by appellant’s negligence. After a bench trial, the trial court found that appellee sustained damages to his pontoon boat in the amount of $2,907.60;…