Legal Opinion
Florenzie v. Fey
New York District Court
Decided August 18, 1960PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtBernard Tomson, J.
In this action, apparently of first impression in this State, the plaintiff, the owner and operator of a motorboat, seeks to recover in negligence for property damages arising from a collision between his boat and the motorboat of the defendant, being operated at the time of the accident by a gratuitous bailee. The defendant was not then in his boat.
No statute similar to section 59 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law appears in the Navigation Law or in other New York laws making a boat owner liable for the negligence of an authorized operator. In the absence of statute it is apparent that the…
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