Ross v. Moak

E. GORDON WEST, District Judge:

This suit is before the Court on motion of the defendants, Clifton P. Moak, d/b/a Red’s Boat Store, and the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company for summary judgment on the grounds that this suit is not cognizable within this Court’s admiralty jurisdiction and that movants are entitled to judgment as a matter of law. The claim arose from back injuries sustained by plaintiff when he slipped and fell on a wooden gangway used as a means of access to and from Red’s Boat Store, a midstream supplier located on moored barges on the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge,…