MIAMI — The driver of the boat that crashed off the Upper Florida Keys over Labor Day weekend, killing one teenage girl and permanently disabling another, was drinking that day and supplied the teens and their friends with alcohol, according to a new lawsuit filed by the injured girl’s family in Miami-Dade County court.
Contrary to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s initial report that stated alcohol was not likely a factor in the Sept. 4, 2022, crash, the lawsuit alleges that the boat owner and operator, prominent Miami-Dade real estate broker George Pino, drank to “the extent that his normal faculties were impaired” that day and that the 12 minors in his and his wife’s care “were permitted to and did in fact consume alcohol while on that outing.”
The March 17 filing accuses the Pinos of serving the teens the drinks and argue that the alcohol they all consumed “caused and/or contributed to cause” the girl’s life-altering injuries. According to the lawsuit, Pino refused to have his blood drawn or agree to breathalyzer testing following the crash.
