LEWIS CHARTERS, INC. v. HUCKINS YACHT CORP.

No. 88-3531.

871 F.2d 1046 (1989)

LEWIS CHARTERS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HUCKINS YACHT CORPORATION, Ocean Entertainment, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 1, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. McCormack, Miami, Fla., for Lewis Charters, Inc.

Robert E. Warren, Taylor, Moseley & Joyner, Jacksonville, Fla., for Huckins Yacht Corp.

Herbert R. Kanning, Kanning & Regier, P.A., Jacksonville, Fla., for Ocean Entertainment, Inc.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, HILL, Circuit Judge, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by Lewis Charters, Inc. from an order of the district court dismissing its complaint for exoneration from or limitation of liability for damages resulting from a fire occurring in the boat yard owned by appellee, Huckins Yacht Corporation. The district court found that it had no admiralty jurisdiction over plaintiff's petition. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

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