Smith v. Detroit Marine Engineering Corp.

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment dismissing her suit against defendant, Detroit Marine Engineering Corporation (Detroit Marine), after a jury verdict finding both defendant Detroit Marine and defendant Earl Phifer, individually and d/b/a Jim & Earl's Marine Service and Sales, (Phifer) not guilty of the wrongful death of plaintiff’s husband, Tom Smith.

On September 13, 1981, Tom Smith, his close friend Martin Barlow, Barlow’s son Marty, and Smith’s niece Allison Webb all embarked in Barlow’s 15'3 " Lucky Strike boat down the Caney Fork River in Van Burén…