Judge OKs Boatyard Selling Man's Boat, Concludes Sale Was Pursuant to Abandoned Boat Statute
"This is a relatively simple case involving a statutory procedure to obtain title to a motorboat," wrote U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney, Jr., of the Eastern District of Virginia. "Nonetheless, plaintiff's counsel has conducted the litigation as though the parties had billions of dollars at stake."
July 21, 2023 at 05:48 PM
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LitigationA federal judge in Virginia sided with the owner of a boatyard in a $350,000 lawsuit against him for allegedly selling a customer's abandoned boat following numerous years of no-contact and a lack of payment regarding the boat's storage.
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