Edgar J. Williams, Jr. v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “an incompleted vessel not yet delivered by the builder is not” a vessel in navigation
• holding that a launched vessel conducting sea trials could not be considered “in navigation” for Jones Act purposes because it was not yet engaged in drilling, its intended use
• defining the term “in navigation” under the Jones Act as “engaged in an instrument of commerce and transportation on navigable waters.”
• vessel undergoing final sea trials not “in navigation”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).