Legal Opinion
Sander v. Alexander Richardson Investments
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 1, 2003No. 02-1531PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Boats owned by Joseph and Barbara Sander, Ivy M. and Ruby Smith, and Lawson and Mary Burford (collectively “the boat owners”) were destroyed while moored at the Yacht Club of St. Louis (“Yacht Club”) when another boat caught fire. The boat owners sought recovery from the Yacht Club, which defended based on an exculpatory clause in the Boat Space Rental Agreement (“slip agreement”) that the Yacht Club had with each of the boat owners. The district court granted recovery to the boat oAmers, from which the Yacht Club appeals. Siding with the Fifth and Ninth Circuits in an…
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