In a personal injury action based on a fall aboard a ship, judgment for defendant is affirmed primarily as the district court had admiralty jurisdiction because the alleged tort occurred on navigable waters and the activity giving rise to the incident had a substantial relationship to traditional maritime activity, such that the incident had a potentially disruptive influence on maritime commerce.
Read Vasquez v. GMD Shipyard Corp., No. 08-4566
Appellate Information
Argued: August 26, 2009
Decided: September 15, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Jacobs
Counsel
For Appellant:
Wendy Fleishman, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein LLP, New York, NY
For Appellee:
Joseph E. Donat, Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C., New York, NY
John F. Gaffney, Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C., New York, NY
