John A. RICHARDS, Appellee,
v.
BLAKE BUILDERS SUPPLY INC., and William C. Blake, Appellants.
John B. KING, Jr., Ancillary Administrator of the Estate of John Thomas Turner, Deceased, and Raymond G. Turner, Sr., Administrator of the Estate of John Thomas Turner, Deceased, Appellants,
v.
HARRIS — JOYNER COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, and Thunderhawk, Ltd., Inc., a Foreign Corporation, Appellees.
Arthur Thomas HAWKS and Marsha Kay Congleton Hawks, Appellants,
v.
HARRIS — JOYNER CO., a North Carolina Corporation; and Thunderhawk, Ltd., Inc., a Foreign Corporation, Appellees.
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Argued February 5, 1975.
Decided November 10, 1975.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John Richard Newton, Wilmington, N.C. (Rountree & Newton, Wilmington, N.C., on brief), for appellee in No. 74-2010.
Daniel Lee Brawley, Wilmington, N.C. (Lonnie B. Williams, Marshall, Williams, Gorham & Brawley and James L. Nelson, Wilmington, N.C., on brief), for appellants in No. 74-2010.
John B. King, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Joseph A. Gawrys and Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellants (Thorp & Etheridge, Rocky Mount, N.C., on brief for appellants in No. 74-2303), (Allsbrook, Benton, Knott, Allsbrook & Cranford, Roanoke Rapids, N.C., on brief for appellants in No. 74-2302).
Beverly L. Crump, Richmond, Va. (John E. McDonald, Jr., and McDonald & Crump, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellee Thunderhawk, Ltd., Inc. in Nos. 74-2302 and 74-2303.
Henry H. McVey, III, Richmond, Va. (Guy W. Horsley, Jr., McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellee Harris-Joyner Co. in Nos. 74-2302 and 74-2303.
Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and CRAVEN and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:
In Crosson v. Vance, 4th Cir., 484 F.2d 840, we observed that there was impressive argument for the elimination from admiralty jurisdiction of controversies involving only the operation of small pleasure craft. There we dealt with the claim of an injured water skier against the operator of the towing motorboat. We held that controversy to be not within the admiralty jurisdiction, but we specifically...
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