A man enrolled in a sailing school to learn how to sail. Unfortunately, during a lesson on Long Island Sound, a violent storm developed and the student was thrown out of the sailboat and drowned. An investigation of the terrible incident revealed that the sailing instructor did not advise the students of the availability of life preservers on the sailboat, he did not instruct the students to put on life preservers when the storm approached and the sailing school did not have a functioning radio to warn the instructors about storms. The deceased student had no dependents, but a settlement of $850,000.00 was obtained for his pain and suffering in the drowning which was paid to his estate.