McDaniel v. Travelers Insurance

This appeal is from summary judgment for defendants based on lack of federal jurisdiction. At the time of his injuries, appellant was the owner/operator of a shrimping vessel. He sought to invoke federal admiralty jurisdiction by alleging that his injuries resulted from breach of a maritime contract involving the disposition of his shrimp catches.1 The court below relied on depositions and affidavits of defendant Cher-Ami’s officers to determine that no contract existed, and that if one did it was not maritime in nature.

Appellant has moved that this court supplement the record with his own…