Johnson v. Walsh

By Judge Jerome B. Friedman

This case arises out of a collision between two motorboats on Folly Creek in Accomack County, Virginia, on September 9,1993. One of the vessels was operated by the defendant George S. Walsh and titled to Folly Creek Corporation. The plaintiffs wife and daughter were on that boat and were killed in the collision. The second vessel was a motorboat operated by the defendant, A. Jackson Mason.

Plaintiff filed a motion for judgment against these defendants alleging that defendants operated their boats in darkness, without lights, at excessive speeds, and failed to…