The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit that sought to apply federal admiralty law to a negligence lawsuit against the county of Miami-Dade following a boating accident that occurred in an inland canal. The panel ruled a waterway that has artificial obstructions that prevent commerce doesn’t fall under federal law.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n This could have an impact on future injury lawsuits filed by individuals harmed in South Florida boating accidents.<\/p>\n In this case, Tundidor v. Miami-Dade County<\/em><\/a>, plaintiff was injured in 2013 and later filed a federal lawsuit after his face struck a pipe while he was riding a pleasure motorboat while it passed under a low bridge about 7 miles inland in Coral Park Canal. Justices ruled in favor of the county, finding plaintiff did not prove the baseline requirement to invoke federal admiralty law, which is the foundation of any case brought against an (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit that sought to apply federal admiralty law to a negligence lawsuit against the county of Miami-Dade following a boating accident that occurred in an…<\/span><\/p>\n