United States Ninth Circuit

In an action for negligent operation of a boat, the dismissal of the action for lack of admiralty jurisdiction is reversed, where the location of the accident and its connection to traditional maritime activity sustained admiralty jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/03/2009
• Decided 06/24/2009
• Published 06/24/2009

Judges

• RYMER, Circuit Judge:, Before: PAMELA ANN RYMER and SUSAN P. GRABER, Circuit Judges, and ANN ALDRICH, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sterling J. Stires, Law Offices of Charles S. LiMandri, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, Rocky K. Copley, Law Office of Rocky K. Copley, San Diego, CA, Neil S. Lerner and Arthur A. Severance, Sands Lerner, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas L. Tosdal (argued) and Ann M. Smith, Tosdal, Smith, Steiner & Wax, San Diego, CA, for the real parties in interest, defendants-appellees.