Dunion v. Kaiser

CLARY, Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty brought by the owner of a motorboat, the “Jay Dee”, for damages caused to the boat in a collision occurring in the course of a powerboat race. This opinion will state the Court’s Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in narrative form since separate and numbered findings would be cumbersome and lengthy to a degree not warranted or necessary to a proper disposition of the action.

Libellant’s motorboat was a twenty-two foot runabout, the engine of which had been altered and tuned to gain maximum racing performance. In the race involved and at the time…