Kuczynski v. McLaughlin

OPINION

SLIGHTS, J.

I

On July 17, 1999, at approximately 9:30 p.m., two powerboats collided on the waters of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (“C & D Canal”) just east of the St. George’s bridge. A vessel owned by plaintiff, Charles Kuczynski (“Kuczynski”), and operated by plaintiff, Jerry Channel (“Channel”), was struck from behind by a vessel owned and operated by the defendant, William McLaughlin (“McLaughlin”). At the time of the collision, a third vessel (also a powerboat) owned and operated by the defendant, James Millman (“Millman”), had just passed the Kuczynski vessel on the starboard…