Nah, he's just unhinged.

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On 21 Apr 2004 21:36:20 -0500, Dave wrote:

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:17:23 GMT, said:

Your boat came loose from it's slip, regardless of reason, and hit
someone elses
boat. You are legally liable.

In most areas of the law, if someone is injured, or his property damaged,
without fault on anyone's part, the loss is borne where it fell. I know
this
may seem like a novel concept in a world where any time somebody's
injured
he thinks he's entitled to a pot of gold from somebody, regardless of
fault,
but it's true. I'm not aware of any exceptions where a boat happens to be
an
instrument in the damage.

That said, it's pretty easy to dream up a basis for claiming that a boat
owner whose vessel breaks loose was negligent in some way.



If your boat breaks loose, you didn't secure it properly. If the whole
dock it
was tied to breaks loose, with your boat still tied to it, then you may
have a
defense. None of this is so hard to grasp, unless you are deliberately
trying to
be obtuse.

BB