Lott Admiralty & Maritime Lawyer, Texas

Appellants Day Cruises Maritime, LLC and Corpus Christi Day Cruise, LLC appeal from summary judgments granted in favor of appellee Christus Spohn Health System d/b/a Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial ("Christus"). By three issues, appellants contend that the trial court ...

... "When a state court hears an admiralty case, that court occupies essentially the same position occupied by a federal court sitting in diversity: the state court must apply substantive federal maritime law but follow state procedure." Maritime Overseas Corp. ...

... limitation still leaves the States a wide scope." [45] Congress could preempt the entire field of maritime law, but has instead left the states "with a considerable legislative and judicial competence in the maritime field." [46] Where Congress has acted in the admiralty area, "state ...