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Sprietsma v. Mercury Marine

Case Date: 12/31/1969
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 89492 Rel

Docket No. 89492-Agenda 17-March 2001.

REX R. SPRIETSMA, Adm'r of the Estate of Jeanne Sprietsma, 
Deceased, Appellant, v. MERCURY MARINE, a Division of 
Brunswick Corporation, Appellee.

Opinion filed August 16, 2001.

JUSTICE GARMAN delivered the opinion of the court: 

The issue in this case is whether the Federal Boat Safety Actof 1971 (FBSA) (46 U.S.C.