Bazinau v. MacKinac Island Carriage Tours

nature of the case

In the course of his employment with Mackinac Island Carriage Tours (Carriage Tours), William Bazinau, plaintiffs decedent, hauled horse feed to Mackinac Island from St. Ignace by pulling cargo across the frozen Straits of Mackinac. Tragically, plaintiffs decedent drowned when the tracked vehicle he drove broke through the ice. Plaintiff, as personal representative of Bazinau’s estate, seeks to hold decedent’s employer, Carriage Tours, and the manufacturer of the tractor, Bombardier Corporation (Bombardier), liable for his death on respective theories of intentional tort and…