Legal Opinion
Jayne Reid-Walen, Gary Walen v. Leroy Hansen, Irene Hansen, D/B/A Yellow Bird Sea-Tel
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1991No. 89-3000PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Chief Judge.
Jayne Reid-Walen, a citizen of Minnesota, seeks damages from Leroy and Irene Hansen, citizens of Missouri, for injuries she sustained while vacationing at the Yel-lowbird Sea-Tel (“Yellowbird”), a cluster of cottages in Negril Beach, Jamaica owned and run by the Hansens. According to the amended complaint, Reid-Walen was swimming near the beach area of the Yellowbird when she was struck by a motorboat driven by a Jamaican citizen, not associated with the Hansens, who was soliciting boat rides from guests of the Yellowbird.1 Reid-Walen bases her suit on Jamaican law, alleging *1393t…
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3Cited by139 opinions
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