Woodford v. Carolina Power & Light Co.

*308MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRITT, District Judge.

I

This action was instituted on 15 June 1989 by plaintiffs, husband and wife, seeking damages as a result of injuries received by Donald L. Woodford (Woodford) in an accident which occurred on 20 March 1988 on the waters of Kerr Lake when the boat he was operating ran into an electric transmission tower owned by Carolina Power and Light Company (CP & L). Virginia Electric & Power Company and the United States of America were named as defendants but were later dismissed from the action. Inasmuch as this is an admiralty action, it was heard by the court in…