Daniel O'Keefe nearly drowned after he was struck in the chest by the bow of the other boat, and landed in the water, unconscious.
He suffered multiple broken ribs, heart failure and a heart contusion and will require oxygen treatment for life, the lawsuit said.
O'Keefe, an Ottawa County resident, contends his damages exceed $1 million, court records show.
He filed an admiralty complaint in Ottawa County Circuit Court against the other boat owner, Todd Abram of Minnesota. The case was recently transferred to U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids.
Abram's attorney, Christopher Cooke of Traverse City, said the outcome of the crash is tragic but his client isn't necessarily to blame.
"I think it was an accident," Cooke told The Grand Rapids Press and MLive.
"I think they both tried to avoid a collision, and tragically, they could not, and there was an injury. Who is to blame for this, entirely or partially, will be seen," he said.
He has not yet filed a response to the lawsuit. In court documents, he said the plaintiff claims the case is worth over $1 million, and that he demanded a $950,000 payment from his client.
The crash happened Aug. 23, 2014, during the 2014 S2 7.9 Class Championship Regatta on Lake Michigan, off of Holland.
Race records showed that O'Keefe piloted a 1987, 26-foot boat called "Kaboom." Abram's 1991, 26-foot boat was called "VOOM!"
O'Keefe said in the lawsuit that he did not share any fault for the crash.
He said he had just reached the first mark of the course and was rounding an "offset" mark before the crash occurred.
He said he saw the VOOM! approaching to the left. It was closing quickly, 15 to 20 boat lengths out, when O'Keefe yelled, "Starboard," his attorney, Lawrence Nolan of Eaton Rapids, wrote in the lawsuit.
O'Keefe heard nothing from the other boat. He steered hard to the right but could not avoid the collision.
"... (T)he bow of the sailboat, 'VOOM,' physically struck the Plaintiff Daniel O'Keefe in the chest and knocked him out of the sailboat 'KABOOM' and into the water, leaving him lifeless and unconscious almost causing him to drown," Nolan wrote.
He contended O'Keefe had the right of way.
Abram operated his sailboat in a "careless and grossly negligent manner, with wanton disregard for safety at sea of others."
Cooke, the defendant's attorney, said competitors accept that there are inherent risks in sailboat races. Regatta rules and admiralty rules are intended to keep racers safe.
"But sometimes, in the heat of competition, certain things are unavoidable ... especially near the markers, where bumping and jockeying occurs," Cooke said.
He said it was a horrible day for all involved. Neither team finished the race.
"We're sorry it happened," Cooke said.
"Liability remains to be seen."
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okwhen i worked at thermotron--
Thomas bannach when he replaced tom Patterson-- as the National service manager-- his 1st assignment-- was to harass and drum out Jeff scholtie-- out in the Texas office--
Thomas Bannach said it was ok -- as a manager to lie ,cheat steal embezzle, defraud and lible and slander your co workers-- and lead them astray-- to assassinate their character
Because Every one he knows is like that!!
The management motto-- is what drove him-- as Danile j okeefe-- assigned him as the West Coast manager--
he then established dean tripp, hil sybesma, and Gregory V Johnson-- as his co conspirators--
and proceded to lible and slander and drum out every one else--
why ?? because it is ok-- to lie cheat defraud and steal and slander every - one
so long as you get away with it and blame it on some one else
interesting thing about holland michigan and thermotron, is that the managers i delt with all bragg with liers and deceivers..they are..
when ROn Wiley was the thermotron west coast manager, dispatcher, "good old boy"
I was working at Litton Ind and just set up an test lab for them in Oregon i hired and trained the new staff and when Ron Wiley sent up 3 thermotron field service technicians, all 3 combined barley made up one complete person..
But they have to get their training somewhere.. one customer at time...
Then Ron Wiley dispatehed a unskilled and un qualified employee from washington state to perform the start up on an vibration shaker..
his only training at thermotron was they told him it was "roundand blue " and it fit under the chamber..
after a week of trying to get it to work.. he concluded that the logic moduel was bad..
40 hours for that..
But he did know where the "Hidden Buttons" were on the chamber temperature controller..
the 3 other field service engineers Ron Wiley dispatched didn't have a clue..
when i asked if he could do a operational performance over view for the 13 men i had hired in the test lab ,
Ron wiley and Dave waterfield said thermotron no longer does that for customers..
Ron Wiley asked
me if i remembered Berry Wright who was a Tom Bannach replacement.. and he quit thermotron when dave waterfield gave him a Dan O'keefe review.. policy .. find some thing they did wrong and make a big deal about it.. so u don't have to give then a raise.. he quit as the West Coast Manager,
and Fred Plont had a lot of backstabbing words to say about that ... but as i said to fred Plont.. "what'sit to u ?" and freds reply was " Well he won't be able to find a better job where u don't have to work very hard" as fred's claim to fame is being a lazy lying 2 faced back stabber and embezzler.. u can see why he is a long ter m
Thermotron employee..
Heck.. Bob Wiley hired him twice!!!
any way... because Holland Michigan is know as the West Coast Hipocroits..
and Thermotron is a great place to see all the different types of liars, thieves and embezzlers,
all of them fit into howard pittmans profile on who is going to Hell..
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thermotron pervert –As Hil Sybesma “quoted” he had thomas Bannach around his “little finger”
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yes thomas bannach and Gregory V Johnson the office lyer and thief–
Failed to tell Virgina that thomas bannach– harassed and defrauded 4 or 5 other members of the “Thermotron Family”
in about a 2 years period—
Well as Gregory V Johnson said — Who ever tell Thomas Bannach what ever lies he wants to hear is RIGHT!!
and it doesn’t matter what you say or do to anyone!!
As Hil Sybesma “quoted” he had thomas Bannach around his “little finger”
he was able to rob customers and embezzle well of 50,000 dollars, the last year of his employment at thermotron– he spent — working for coldwell banker selling realestate–
just filling in false time work sheets– but this was not a problem with Thomas Bannach–
He was fired from his next job at ENSECO within 6 months–
and he “wished he was back at thermotron” or so said marty rich and bruse butler former thermotron employee’s
Virginia Norris– the name of the final support person Thomas Bannach drummed out of the san fran office in California– as V. Norris said —
Well if Thomas Bannach was harrassing you and druming out then i may as well leave also–
Yes Thermotron — where lying cheating and defrauding, slandering people are considered normal
Harry Grace — said thomas Bannach was slandering the field service engineer who he was replacing–
yes thomas bannach had no training in any thing– except lying cheating stealing embezzling —
As Thomas bannach said all the people he knows is a fraudulent church goers who is a lier thief embezzler. Hil sybesma said he was working the system
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Just as gregory v johnson daily robbed customers.. as well as his co-workers —-I asked —if thermotron was just a money laundering company for the maiafa..—
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yes get your start at thermotron
and then go to ESPEC– and then the sky is the limit
thermotron fred plont
any way
.i was talking to turner’s old company EST, and met stan van lear, and russ barns..
now see i do know a few people who still seem to be good people..
unless i am wrong.
( and i didn’t even add dick alverson to this obviously growing list)
As i told management there before, i was not interested in working there when tom bannash was there ( they fied him, or rather told him to leave?)
because tom bannash promoted lying cheating stealing robbery embezzelment employee harassment and slander..
I asked him and roger cannary and danny boy.. if thermotron was just a money laundering company for the maiafa..
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I also asked them how much they budgeted for thief and embezzlement.. and danny boy got mad at me when
i filed a claim with the labor commision .. when thermotron decided thay did not want to pay out the bonus commision– and made it retro-active
I ended up with five pages of #**%++@$%^ and if i don’t *&^% then #$%^&*(_, and further more .. business is business..
heck greg v johnson MINI tom bannish .. robbed over $50,000
yes that is fifty thousand dollars..
and he says he wasn’t as big as thief as hil..
who i talked with last month..
(tom bannash was big on telling employees to lie and defrad each other
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