Judy v. Belk

CARROLL, Judge.

This appeal is from a summary judgment entered in favor of the defendant in a maritime tort action, in which the plaintiff sought damages for personal injuries received when she fell into the water on debarking from a houseboat.

The pleadings and evidence before the trial court disclosed that plaintiff was a social guest on a houseboat used and occupied by the defendant; that the houseboat was moored at the stern to a dock in Biscayne Bay; that it was secured in a manner which permitted the boat to move as far as two feet from the dock; that no *695•gangplank or railings running…