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MANN v. COAST CATAMARAN CORP.

41531.

254 Ga. 201 (1985)

326 S.E.2d 436

MANN v. COAST CATAMARAN CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith & Johnson, Truett Smith, for appellant.

Lokey & Bowden, Glenn Frick, Totsy Nichols, McClure, Ramsey & Dickerson, John A. Dickerson, for appellee.

Ben B. Mills, Jr., Gene Mac Winburn, Charles Ashman, Billy Moore, Paul Bennett, Foy R. Devine, J. Fred Jones, amici curiae.

WELTNER, Justice.

Timothy Mann was injured and his brother killed when the mast of their sailboat, a Hobie Cat 16, came into contact with an uninsulated, electrical power line traversing Lake Hartwell. Mann sued Coast Catamaran, the manufacturer of the boat, under theories of negligence and strict liability, claiming, among other things, that the design of the Hobie Cat is defective because it is not grounded or insulated against electrical contact.

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