Legal Opinion
Stone v. Paradise Holdings, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 25, 1986No. Nos. 85-1648, 85-1889PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
On June 19, 1984, Paul Stone was killed while bodysurfing in a recreational area known as Point Panic, near Kewalo Basin in Honolulu. Boating is prohibited in Point P'anic, and navigation is at best treacherous due to shallow water and large reefs. By contrast, the adjacent Kewalo Basin Channel is dredged and is an established shipping lane. .
According to the allegations, at about noon on June 19, the P/V Pearl Kai, owned by Paradise,1 entered the Channel on return from a Pearl Harbor cruise. The surf was high, and several hundred passengers were aboard. After its port…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Paradise Holdings, Inc. v. Paradise Holdings, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Petro v. Jada Yacht Charters, Ltd.District Court, D. Hawaii · 1994