Legal Opinion
Lewis Charters, Inc. v. Huckins Yacht Corporation, Ocean Entertainment, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 1, 1989No. 88-3531PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal by Lewis Charters, Inc. from an order of the district court dismissing its complaint for exoneration from or limitation of liability for damages resulting from a fire occurring in the boat yard owned by appellee, Huckins Yacht Corporation. The district court found that it had no admiralty jurisdiction over plaintiff’s petition. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE
The fire that prompted this litigation occurred on February 27, 1986, at the paint facility of a marina owned by Huckins Yacht. A boat owned by Lewis…
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