James C. Tullis v. Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York

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• reasoning that \a row of pilings connected to shore by a single plank over nine or ten feet of water\ was not \in any way analogous to a fixed pier or wharf\ and \could be considered a part of the vessel's equipment in lieu of the usual or customary gangplank\
• admiralty jurisdiction established by a crew boat passenger’s allegation that defendant boat owner failed to provide a reasonably safe means of debarking
• “The failure to provide a reasonably safe means of debarking, -with consequent injury to the-passenger, is a tort within admiralty jurisdiction.”

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