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  • Vo v. Yamaha Golf-Car Co.

    Publication Date: 2004-05-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. Blackburn Jr. and Patrick F. Roughen Jr. Wiseman, Blackburn & Futrell, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Joseph H. Barrow Barrow & Ballew PC, G. Mason White Brennan, Harris & Rominger, Wiley A. Wasden III Brennan & Wasden, Savannah, Stephen L. Cotter and Michael Carestia Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other Party Representation: R. Stephen Sims Barrow & Sims PC, Savannah, George W. Steel and Harvey Kruse, Flint, MI.
    Case Number: A04A0110; A04A0111

    The Death on the High Seas Act pre-empted the administrators' state law claims for the decedents' injuries and their pre-death pain and suffering after their boat capsized approximately 25 miles off