context: In rejecting Scheuring's LHWCA claim, the district court analogized the ramp to a dock or pier. Scheuring v. Traylor Bros., No. CV 03-06613-RZ, slip op. at 9 (C.D.Cal. Aug. 25, 2004). In opposition, the plaintiff asks us to view the ramp as a gangway. This distinction is critical since a gangway constitutes an appliance of a vessel but a dock or pier does not.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that a gangway is the dividing line between admiralty and state jurisdiction
citation_a.sentence: See Victory Carriers, Inc. v. Law, 404 U.S. 202, 207, 92 S.Ct. 418, 30 L.Ed.2d 383 (1971) (holding that a gangway is the dividing line between admiralty and state jurisdiction); see also Romero Reyes v. Marine Enterprises, Inc. 494 F.2d 866, 870 (1st Cir.1974) (noting that “the authorities are virtually unanimous that maritime liability encompasses the gangway”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 494 F.2d 866, 870
citation_b.parenthetical: noting that "the authorities are virtually unanimous that maritime liability encompasses the gangway"
citation_b.sentence: See Victory Carriers, Inc. v. Law, 404 U.S. 202, 207, 92 S.Ct. 418, 30 L.Ed.2d 383 (1971) (holding that a gangway is the dividing line between admiralty and state jurisdiction); see also Romero Reyes v. Marine Enterprises, Inc. 494 F.2d 866, 870 (1st Cir.1974) (noting that “the authorities are virtually unanimous that maritime liability encompasses the gangway”).