Biscayne Aqua-Center, Inc. v. Hernandez

Appellee sued based on injuries sustained when her husband’s 18 ft. boat encountered the wake generated by appellant’s 53 foot boat, the Reef Rover V. Appellee and her husband had been fishing in the Atlantic Ocean when they decided to retreat to Caesar’s Creek channel1 because of bad weather. On the way in, the boat in which the appellee was riding passed the Reef Rover IV (a vessel similar to Reef Rover V) crossing its wake. Appellee, who was seated in the bow of her boat got wet, but was otherwise unhurt. As appellee’s boat entered the eastern approach to the creek, it encountered Reef…