Sea-Doo has issued a recall on its Switch pontoon boats, eight months after a Jacksonville couple sued the Canadian boat manufacturer after a capsizing left their daughter with traumatic brain injuries.
Sea-Doo on Oct. 17 sent owners a recall notice for Switches from model years 2022 to 2026. The U.S. Coast Guard had issued a marine safety alert on the boats the day before, stating that “multiple capsizings have led to several fatalities and severe injuries.”
William Grullon and Sheila Feliciano sued Sea-Doo six months after their Switch nosed into the water on Aug. 25, 2024, while approaching Black Creek Marina. When it flipped, 15-month-old Vianca Grullon was trapped under the boat’s deck, underwater so long she suffered “catastrophic bodily injuries,” the suit claims…