Edwards v. Shelley

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that “[g]eneral maritime law incorporates the general law of torts when not inconsistent with the law of admiralty”
• trial court properly denied third-party defendant’s jury demand where plaintiff specifically elected to pursue non-jury admiralty claim under Rule 9(h)
• award of prejudgment interest at 6% rate from date of injury proper
• “[B]y electing to proceed under 9(h) rather than by invoking diversity jurisdiction, the plaintiff may preclude the defendant from invoking the right to trial by jury which may otherwise exist.”
• third-party defendant sued on theories of negligence and products liability
• affirming part of order denying jury-trial demand

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