Blog Topic
Topics
Air Bag Failures
Amputation Injuries
Animal Attacks
Assault and Battery
Auto Accidents
Aviation Accidents
Bicycle Accidents
Boating Accidents
Brain Injuries
Burn Injuries
Bus Accidents
Child Car Seats
Construction Accidents
Dangerous Highways
Dog Bites
Drunk Driving Accidents
Explosions and Fires
Food Poisoning
Mesothelioma / Asbestos
Miscellaneous
Motor Vehicle Defects
Motorcycle Accidents
Negligent Security
Nursing Home Abuse
Pedestrian Accidents
Pharmaceutical Liability
Products Liability
Recalled Products
Roof Crush
Sexual Abuse
Slip and Fall
Spinal Cord Injuries
Swimming Pool Accidents
Tire Defects
Train Accidents
Truck Accidents
Vehicle Rollovers
Workplace Injuries
Wrongful Death
Recent Updates
August 19, 2008
Teen Driver Charged in Bellflower California Drunk Driving Accident
August 18, 2008
Irvine Resident Charged in Pedestrian Accident
August 15, 2008
BMW to Recall 200,000 Vehicles Due to Airbag Failure Problem
August 14, 2008
Man Charged in Santa Clara Pedestrian Accident Deaths
August 13, 2008
Teenagers Killed in Castro Valley Car Accident
August 12, 2008
Teenager Suffers Brain Injury in Mission Viejo Pedestrian Accident
August 11, 2008
Mississippi Bus Accident Kills Three
August 08, 2008
Arizona Car Accident Kills Nine Immigrants
August 07, 2008
Eight Firefighters Dead in California Aviation Accident
August 06, 2008
Police Find Speedboat Involved in Ocean County Accident
Archives
Boating Accidents
Expert Testimony Reveals Hole in Fresno Boating Case Defense Theory
December 20, 2007
A boating expert has delivered a potentially damaging testimony in the case of a Fresno boy whose head was almost split in two after the propeller of a boat caused him severe head injuries.
Dallen McEntire and his father Jeff were on Shaver Lake in Fresno County, California over the Memorial weekend in 2006, and Dallen was being pulled on his kneeboard. A boat driven by Roger Isaac Guzman made a sudden sharp turn, and slammed against 11-year-old Dallen, throwing him into the lake. His head collided with the boat's propellers, and he sustained severe head injuries. Guzman and his passenger Thomas Christopher Kirby fled the scene. Now, it appears that Guzman was under the influence of alcohol, besides having pathetic boating skills.
The defense attorneys claimed that the damage to the propeller was caused by a piece of wood. However, boating expert Harold Kindsvater testified on Friday that the dent couldn't have possibly been caused by a piece of wood since there were no scuff marks on it. It couldn't have been a rock either because paint didn't seem to have peeled off. It definitely hit something solid, he said, but it wasn't wood, or rock.
At this point one cringes thinking about the "solid object" that came in contact with the propeller - an 11-year-old boy's skull. Imagine the impact of a collision that was strong enough to have caused a propeller to dent. Now, imagine what the impact must have been on the young boy's head.
People who are stupid enough to drink and get behind the wheel do so on both land and water, it appears. If you have been injured, or a loved one has been killed by a drunk driver on a boat or on land, contact the California personal injury attorneys at The Reeves Law Group for a free consultation.
