Travis Sheffield, Boating Accident Attorney

Travis Sheffield, Boating Accident Attorney, in London

Maritime law- sometimes called admiralty law- refers to the United States laws and regulations governing activities in any navigable waters or the open sea--Navigable Waters- are waters that provide a channel for commerce and transportation of people and goods-- Maritime laws are federal laws to which the federal court system has jurisdiction over- These laws provide maritime workers and the U-S- merchant marine industry with protection by allowing workers to seek compensation for any injuries suffered offshore or in the maritime industry- This can include accidents that occur on large commercial or fishing vessels- crab boats- barges- container ships- tugboats- crew boats- cargo ships- or other moveable vessels- In 1979 The U-S- Supreme Court created four tests for determining what constitutes navigable waters- Established in Kaiser Aetna v- United States- 444 U-S- 164- 100 S- Ct- 383- 62 L- Ed- 2d 332- the tests ask whether the body of water -1- is subject to the ebb and flow of the tide- -2- connects with a continuous interstate waterway- -3- has navigable capacity- and -4- is actually navigable- Using these tests- courts have held that bodies of water much smaller than lakes and rivers also constitute navigable waters- Even shallow streams that are traversable only by canoe have met the test-

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