- Date
- 1989-09-29
- Kind
- Legal proceeding
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governancemaritimecommunicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The October issue reprints a report that Dorothy “Dottie” Cash filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on September 29, 1989, against the King Strang Hotel Club over the dock where her husband, baseball player Norm Cash, drowned in 1986. The allegations and the earlier death investigation are reported as claims and testimony in the newspaper account.
Evidence limits
This record captures the filing and allegations, not a court finding, judgment, settlement, or independently reviewed investigative file.
Sources
- Reports the September 29 filing in 33rd Circuit Court–Charlevoix alleging negligent dock upkeep and design in connection with Norm Cash’s 1986 drowning at St. James Harbor. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1989-10_Beaver-Beacon
- Paired held twenty-four-page October issue PDF.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Norm Cash’s widow files a wrongful-death suit over a Beaver Island hotel dock, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/norm-cash-widow-lawsuit-beaver-island-hotel-1989/, accessed [date], citing “Norm Cash Widow Sues Beaver Island Hotel Over Death,” Beaver Beacon, October 27, 1989; reprinted from the Petoskey News-Review. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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