BOOTH STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. v. CALZADA

Nos. 79-14, 79-1047.

382 So.2d 425 (1980)

BOOTH STEAMSHIP CO., LTD., d/b/a Booth Steamship Lines, Appellant, v. Jose CALZADA and Norberto Albalat, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fowler, White, Burnett, Hurley, Banick & Knight and C. Douglas Skinner, Miami, for appellant.

J. James, Donnellan, III, Miami, for appellees.

Before HUBBART and NESBITT, JJ., and CHARLES A. CARROLL, (Ret.), Associate Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant-defendant appeals from an order denying a motion for new trial. It contends that the trial court erred in granting a directed verdict in favor of the appellee-plaintiffs at the close of the evidence by reason of the trial court's failure to apply federal maritime law.

Plaintiffs commenced an in personam action against the defendant by reason of a collision between a freighter operated by the defendant and a small craft from which...

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