Truong v. Nguyen

Opinion

McADAMS, J.

In this appeal, we address the question whether the doctrine of primary assumption of risk bars a claim for the wrongful death of a passenger who tragically died as a result of a collision between the personal watercraft she was riding and another similar watercraft owned and operated by defendants. We are further invited to distinguish existing authority applying the doctrine to the use of personal watercraft by differentiating between “casual” use of such watercraft and “extreme” use. We conclude the doctrine applies to the claims of passengers on personal watercraft. We…