Booth Steamship Co. v. Calzada

The appellant-defendant appeals from an order denying a motion for new trial. It contends that the trial court erred in granting a directed verdict in favor of the appel-lee-plaintiffs at the close of the evidence by reason of the trial court’s failure to apply federal maritime law.

Plaintiffs commenced an in per-sonam action against the defendant by reason of a collision between a freighter operated by the defendant and a small craft from which the plaintiffs were fishing. Plaintiffs’ craft was struck at a designated anchorage area at a site somewhat less than three miles off the southern…