Godfrey v. Little River Fishing Fleet, Inc.

Finney, Justice:

This is an appeal of a directed verdict in favor of respondent Little River Fishing Fleet, Inc., a common carrier which owned and operated a fleet of commercial fishing boats. We affirm.

Appellant Larry Godfrey and his family were on a fishing trip aboard one of respondent’s boats. A member of respondent’s crew asked them to vacate their seats and sit elsewhere since there would be trolling from the side on which they were seated. Godfrey and his wife then took seats on the bow, where they began to get wet from the ocean spray when the vessel got underway. They left these…