Szlinis v. Moulded Fiber Glass Companies, Inc.

In the late afternoon of June 28, 1969, plaintiffs decedents, Gilbert Cross and his wife Mary Ann, set out for a brief sail from *58their cottage on the Ontario shore of Lake Erie in a small sailboat accompanied by another couple, Norman and Beverly Lentz, the boat’s owners, who had recently purchased it new. Approximately 10 hours later, in the early hours of June 29, the boat was found partially submerged within a quarter of a mile from the point of departure. The bodies of the four occupants were found at various times up to August 10, 1969, and at various locations scattered over a distance…