Mark C. Leach v. Mountain Lake

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in a diversity action appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendant on two claims and from the judgment entered on the jury’s verdict for the defendant on the remaining claim. We affirm the judgments of the trial court. 1

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The facts of this case, although tragic, are simple. One spring afternoon, the decedent, a friend, and their five children rented a boat on Lake Ouachita from a marina owned and operated by the defendant. When the party rented the boat, the weather seemed calm. The National Weather Service…