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Admiralty Tort Jurisdiction - The Last Barrier, Alfred S. Pelaez

Duquesne Law Review

The many advantages the admiralty gives to an injured plaintiff, particularly if he can be brought within the scope of those remedies traditionally reserved to seamen, has long been the envy of lawyers whose shore-bound client's causes are often subjected to a confusing and conflicting array of local laws and procedures. A plaintiff within the admiralty jurisdiction can, for instance, properly commence his action in any district wherein he can obtain service of process upon the defendant or upon the res against which his maritime lien attaches, and need not worry about such nebulous concepts as "doing business." Furthermore, he …