Owning a boat can be the most rewarding BUT expensive experience of your entire life.  M

Consumer boat litigation whether it is personal injury or breach of warranty is a complicated litigation.  Frequently, boats that are purchased by consumers are both very expensive and very complicated in the context of the issuance of warranties and the manufacturers of the boat.  Those boat owners are aware that there are separate warranties for various portions of the boat including the whole, electronics, engines and other interior appliances on the boat.  Therefore, any problems with boats become difficult for litigation since there are overlapping warranties, personal injury issues and negligence issues.  When analyzing any issue with your boat, it is important to acquire each and every warranty, your contract for purchase and identify all relevant parties selling the boat, distributing the boat and manufacturing the boat and its relevant sections.  Therefore, before any initial consultation, it is important to acquire the separate warranties on each particular portion of the boat, piece of equipment or appliance.  Then, it is necessary to read the specific portion of the warranty to determine the nature and extent of the warranty in the claim provisions.  Frequently, the manufacturer, supplier or seller of boats vary the warranty provisions which come with the boat.  Sometimes, the statute of limitation is shortened for the time of filing an action, sometimes there are limitations on types of damages and sometimes there are forum selection clauses.  In essence, the issue of boat litigation is a complex one needing an experienced attorney.  It is important to aggregate the specific issues, the specific warranties and the consumer complaints with regard to each particular portion of the boat. 

This does not cancel the consumer fraud aspects in each transaction.  It is not uncommon that boats have various problems that were known or should have been known to the seller of the boat.  Then, there are issues with the servicing or the docking of a boat in the local marina.  There are host of issues which make owning a boat a significant legal headache for the owner of the boat and the need for experienced legal representation is parallel.any boat owners bemoan the continued expenses on their beloved boat. 

Almost all of the consumer laws that apply to car owners apply to boat purchasers, such as the breach of warranty laws and the consumer fraud law.  In fact, there is significantly more regulation on boats at the federal level.

Boat owners have the same complaint that car owners have regarding the repair of their boat, with the marinas in which they are docked and less-than-honest boat repairmen.

There are a host of tickets that can be issued to boat owners as if they were driving a car.