Legal Opinion
Stella S. Price v. Marshall E. Price, Sr.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1991No. 90-1480PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
We must decide in this case whether a negligence claim based on personal injury, sustained when a passenger disembarked from a small pleasure boat on the John H. Kerr Reservoir in Virginia, is within the admiralty jurisdiction of the federal courts under 28 U.S.C. § 1333.
On the afternoon of August 15, 1987, Stella S. Price was one of several passengers on a motorboat being operated by her husband, Marshall E. Price, Jr., on the John H. Kerr Reservoir (also known as Buggs Island Lake). As it began to rain, Mr. Price attempted to beach his boat at a nearby shore to…
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