Opinion ID: 607139
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Problems with Boston and Hong Kong Marinas

Text: 46 Appellants complain that the court erred in permitting testimony concerning problems experienced at marinas in Hong Kong and Boston. These marinas were also built by Appellants using the floating dock design employed in the Baltimore Marinas. We fail to see how Appellants can claim error regarding the introduction of testimony on the Boston marina. During the direct examination of its first witness, Marina Ventures' itself placed into evidence a video tape of that facility. See R.vol. VII, at 63. 47 Marina Ventures opened the door on the subject of the Hong Kong project when Gary Sheide testified that Marina Ventures was working on a project in Hong Kong, see R. vol. VII, at 83; and that no other Marina Ventures project experienced loss of freeboard. Id. at 72. Appellee was entitled to rebut that testimony. See Jones v. Southern Pac. R.R., 962 F.2d 447, 450 (5th Cir.1992). 48 PSI then cross-examined Marina Ventures' expert witness on the subject. See R.vol. VII, at 373. Later, PSI's expert testified on the similarity of the problems being experienced by the Baltimore and Hong Kong marinas. Id. at 535. On cross, Marina Ventures questioned him on the basis for his opinion. Id. at 561. As its last rebuttal witness, Marina Ventures recalled Dwayne Stevenson to testify extensively on the problems being experienced with the Hong Kong marina. See R.vol. IX, at 831-33. 49 We conclude that it was not error to admit evidence regarding the Hong Kong project, and if it was error, it was harmless. See United States v. Underwood, 588 F.2d 1073, 1076 (5th Cir.1979).