U.S. maritime law does not apply to a case where a man was paralyzed after jumping from a pleasure boat into shallow water in Oneida Lake in upstate New York, a federal judge has ruled in remanding the case to state court.
Northern District Judge Brenda Sannes rejected the argument from the owner of the pleasure craft, Bruce Germain, that the federal court had jurisdiction because maritime law governed.
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