Category Archives: Personal watercraft collision

Recent Trial Appearances- 2012

David S. Smith, Ph.D Commander, USCG (RET)   Trial Appearances- 2012     Mervilde, John W:Meils Thompson Dietz & Berish Two Market Square Center, Suite 830 Indianapolis, IN 46204   Re: Phifer v. Smith(child drowning in camp pool) Tried Jan ‘12,                   ...
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PWC collision case

This is a typical report concerning a PWC on PWC collision: I.    Facts: 1.   At 12:20 PM on Saturday August 31,  two personal water craft (PWC’s) collided on Lake Wawasee, Kosciusko County. The operator of the 2002 Bombardier Sea-Doo which was struck was Db. The operator of the striking 2001 Bombardier Sea-Do...
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20 Water Safety Questions

                     What's Your H2O (Safety) IQ? By David S. Smith, Ph.D Commander, USCG (RET) The following 20 questions were the basis of a key address to the First International Boating and Water Safety Summit, April 18-25, 1997 in San Diego, California. The Summit was spons...
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Requests for case reviews

Hello- Welcome to the SASS Site! In my files I have hundreds of reports dealing with a complete range of aquatic litigation. The only aspect not touched upon is SCUBA. These reports include but are not limited to swimming/drowning, diving/cervical spine injuries, boating accident reconstruction/ collisions/prop strike...
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