The defense team wheeled a WaveRunner into the courtroom, allowing jurors to sit on it during deliberations. (ALM Archives) The defense team wheeled a WaveRunner into the courtroom, allowing jurors to sit on it during deliberations. (ALM Archives)

A team of Miami lawyers steered Yamaha Motor Corp. USA and its Japanese parent company away from claims that insufficient warnings on its WaveRunner watercraft contributed to the injuries of a teenage rider who fell off in Biscayne Bay, Fla.

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Raychel Lean

Raychel Lean is ALM's Florida bureau chief, overseeing the Daily Business Review. Email her at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter via @raychellean.