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DAVID WRIGHT CHARTER SERVICE v. WRIGHT

No. 90-1746.

925 F.2d 783 (1991)

DAVID WRIGHT CHARTER SERVICE OF NORTH CAROLINA, INCORPORATED, as owner of the charter fishing vessel HIGH HOPES for exoneration from or limitation of liability, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. David WRIGHT; Hazel Jernigan Seals, Mother and Administratrix of the Estate of Ronald Benjamin Seals, Deceased; Jordan Marine Service, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 20, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rice Arthur Jett, Jr., argued, Jett, Berkley, Furr & Padgett (John R. Crumpler, Jr., Kaufman & Canoles, of counsel), Norfolk, Va., for plaintiff-appellant.

Ralph Rabinowitz, argued, Rabinowitz, Rafal, Swartz & Gilbert, P.C. (Jeffrey A. Breit, Breit, Drescher & Breit, Morton H. Clark, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, of counsel), Norfolk, Va., for defendants-appellees.

Before POWELL, Associate Justice, Retired, United States Supreme Court, sitting by designation, PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

David Wright Charter Service (Charter) appeals the district court's dismissal of its complaint for exoneration from or limitation of liability for damages resulting from a fire and explosion on its ship, High Hopes. The district court concluded that it lacked admiralty jurisdiction because the fire occurred five months after the ship was placed on blocks to undergo repairs in a shed located 75 feet from the water. We affirm.

Ronald B. Seals...

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