Legal Opinion
Sweeney v. Car/Puter International Corp.
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided August 27, 1981No. Civ. A. 77-2258-1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HAWKINS, District Judge.
This is a case of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction within the meaning of Rule 9(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. On the afternoon of Sunday, May 8, 1977, June Catherine Sweeney was a passenger in a fourteen and one-half foot outboard motor boat owned and operated by her husband, Roy W. Sweeney. At a point on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway between Mt. Pleasant and Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, just to the north of the Ben Sawyer Bridge, Mrs. Sweeney sustained certain injuries to her back when her small boat was allegedly tossed about by the…
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