I'm no lawyer but I'm finding it hard to understand the grounds of this lawsuit. Right or wrong the fact the driver of the boat gave the person who ultimately got injured permission to jump off the boat is irrelevant. The owner of the boat cannot take responsibility for hazards that may be present in the water (including shallow water) and since the accident did not happen in the boat I can't see where the insurance company could have been involved either. So I think it more appropriate the guy who got hurt needs to sue the sandbar not the boat owner.
Just as a side note - I understand the concept of pleading ignorance, but really there is ignorant and then there is retarded.
Agreed this should have been thrown out or court, it's a very sad story and an unfortunate accident. My guess is the guy getting sued probably has deep pockets so this looks like a classic case of gold digging and that is despicable. Be interesting to see how this plays out.
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