Confidential Settlement – 4 Death Boating Disaster from BUI – Boating Under The Influence

John Leighton represented the family of a man killed in Miami’s worst pleasure boating disaster, the July 4, 2014 Biscayne Bay crash.  Involving 3 boats and 4 deaths, several passengers also suffered serious injuries.  Mr. Leighton obtained a confidential settlement on behalf of the family of a man who was a passenger on a vessel struck after the Fourth of July fireworks finished. One of the causes of the crash was BUI – boating while intoxicated.

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