India, June 23 -- A Miami-Dade jury on Monday found George Pino not guilty of second-degree manslaughter and vessel homicide over the Labor Day weekend collision that killed 17-year-old Luciana "Lucy" Fernandez and left Katy Puig severely injured.

Pino's acquittal in the 2022 Biscayne Bay boat-crash case has garnered public interest in two people in the story: his high-profile lawyer, Howard Srebnick, and survivor Katerina "Katy" Puig, who suffered permanent injuries in the crash.

On September 4, 2022, Pino was piloting a 29-foot Robalo near Boca Chita Key during his daughter Carolina's 18th birthday outing.

Authorities said the boat hit a channel marker in Biscayne Bay, throwing passengers into the water. Fernandez died. Puig, then 17...