Norman v. Fisher Marine, Inc.

TOMLIN, Judge.

The plaintiffs decedent, Donald Norman, a resident of Shelby County, was killed when he was thrown from a fishing boat that he was operating on the Tallahatchie River in the state of Mississippi. The boat, manufactured by the defendant, a Kentucky corporation, had been sold to a Memphis dealer some two years prior to the accident. The plaintiff, widow of the deceased, brought this suit based upon the doctrine of strict liability in tort. Her complaint alleged that the fastening devices designed to hold the boat seat in place were defective, and that they separated at the time of…