Frank B. Hall & Co. v. S.S. Seafreeze Atlantic

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HAIGHT, District Judge:

This case requires consideration of the boundaries of admiralty jurisdiction. The channels in these jurisprudential waters are not always buoyed with complete certainty.

Plaintiff Frank B. Hall & Co., Inc. (“Hall”) is an insurance broker, dealing, among other matters, in the placement of policies of marine insurance. Hall commenced this action against the S.S. SEA-FREEZE ATLANTIC, the corporate shipowner, its corporate affiliates, their individual principals, and both the record and beneficial mortgagee of the ship. The last two defendants are State…