CLIFFORD v. M/V ISLANDER

Civ. A. No. 80-2160-N.

565 F.Supp. 922 (1983)

Barry CLIFFORD, Plaintiff, v. M/V ISLANDER and Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

June 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Wolfe, Wolfe & Associates, Boston, Mass., Allan H. Tufankjian, Brockton, Mass., for plaintiff.

Frank H. Handy, Jr., Kneeland, Kydd & Handy, Boston, Mass., for defendants.


DAVID S. NELSON, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Barry Clifford, has filed this cause of action against M/V Islander and its owner, the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority (hereinafter "SSA"). Jurisdiction is predicated upon 28 U.S.C. § 1333. Section 1333 provides, inter alia:

The district courts shall have original jurisdiction exclusive of the courts of the states, of: (1) Any civil case of admiralty or maritime jurisdiction...

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