WEBSTER v. ROBERTS

Civ. No. 3-76-161.

417 F.Supp. 346 (1976)

Bobbie Lee WEBSTER, Libelant, v. Leon ROBERTS and Granger Roberts, Respondents.

United States District Court, E. D. Tennessee, N. D.

July 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Pryor, Knoxville, Tenn., for libelant.

Paul Dunn, Knoxville, Tenn., for respondents.


MEMORANDUM

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.

Respondents have moved the Court to dismiss libelant's claim on the ground that the claim arises out of a water skiing accident and as such is not subject to the admiralty jurisdiction of the Court.

The Court was of the opinion, until reading carefully the recent cases on this subject, that water skiing accidents were subject to the admiralty jurisdiction of the Court. As a matter of fact, the Court has...

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