Overton v. Davis

CRAWFORD, Judge.

Plaintiff, J.D. Overton, appeals from the judgment of the trial court on a jury verdict for the defendant William Davis.

Plaintiff sued defendant for injuries allegedly sustained while plaintiff was a passenger in defendant’s fishing boat. They had been fishing together and were preparing to land the boat. As they approached a wall along a bank, defendant cut the engine, and the boat drifted in. Plaintiff was in the bow of the boat and when the boat veered toward a dock structure, plaintiff caught the structure in order to stop the boat from floating under it. After the boat…