Fort v. Lewis

MILLER, Judge.

This case involves a collision between two pleasure crafts on the Ohio River (navigable stream) in McCracken County, Kentucky. The McCracken Circuit Court has jurisdiction under the “saving to suitors” clause of Title 28 U.S.C. § 1333(1). The governing rules are those applicable to the general admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. See Moragne v. United Marine Lines, Inc., 398 U.S. 375, 90 S.Ct. 1772, 26 L.Ed.2d 339 (1970). The case was tried by the court without intervention of jury and the trial judge found both parties negligent and thereupon entered judgment for appel-lee…