Robert Hughes v. Leonard Chitty, D/B/A Tideland Towing Company

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This case involves an injury to a longshoreman. Two questions are presented: (1) Whether this case is solely within admiralty jurisdiction or whether it is in the twilight zone of state and admiralty jurisdiction; (2) whether the liability insurance policies issued by Employers Mutual to M & W Marine Ways covered any liability of Canulette and Wall to Hughes. We hold that the case is solely within admiralty jurisdiction and that the policies do not cover Hughes’s injury. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s dismissal of Canulette, Wall, and Employers Mutual.

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Robert…