This case stemmed from plaintiff’s allegations that, while she was employed with defendant on one of its cruise ships, she was drugged by other employees, raped, and physically injured while she was unconscious, and when she reported to officials of th… Continue reading
This case stemmed from Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc.’s (Odyssey) discovery of a 19th Century Spanish vessel in international waters where Odyssey filed a verified admiralty complaint in rem against the shipwrecked vessel and sought a warrant of arre… Continue reading
Plaintiff appealed the district court’s enforcement of the arbitration agreement in his employment contract with defendant. Plaintiff sued defendant on a single count of Jones Act negligence, pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 30104, claiming that defendant breache… Continue reading
The city filed a complaint in admiralty against defendant, a vessel, claiming that defendant committed the maritime tort of trespass because it remained at the city marina after the city explicitly revoked its consent, and seeking to foreclose its mari… Continue reading
These cases stemmed from plaintiff’s complaint that defendants conspired to induce plaintiff to purchase the “M/V Pacific” (vessel) – better known as the eponymous “Love Boat” from its television days of the 1970s and 1980s – by fraudulently misreprese… Continue reading
Appellant, a researcher of sunken sea vessels, appealed the dismissal of his contract rescission claim against appellee, a Nevada Corporation engaged in deep sea exploration and recovery, where appellant alleged that appellee fraudulently induced him i… Continue reading