Case Name: Mary Ellen BALLARD, and Hubert J. Ballard, Appellants, v. CONCH KEY COTTAGES OF the FLORIDA KEYS, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-11-04
Citations: 719 So. 2d 1032
Docket Number: No. 97-2692
Parties: Mary Ellen BALLARD, and Hubert J. Ballard, Appellants, v. CONCH KEY COTTAGES OF the FLORIDA KEYS, INC., Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and SHEVIN and SORONDO, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 719
Pages: 1032–1033

Head Matter:
Mary Ellen BALLARD, and Hubert J. Ballard, Appellants, v. CONCH KEY COTTAGES OF the FLORIDA KEYS, INC., Appellee.
No. 97-2692.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 4, 1998.
McCormack & Knoblock and Richard McCormack, Miami, for appellants.
Green & Ackerman, Ft. Lauderdale; Elizabeth Russo and Lee Katherine Goldstein, Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and SHEVIN and SORONDO, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Jerome B. Grubart, Inc. v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., 513 U.S. 527, 115 S.Ct. 1043, 130 L.Ed.2d 1024 (1995)(maritime connection in berthing of pleasure boat); Sisson v. Ruby, 497 U.S. 358, 110 S.Ct. 2892, 111 L.Ed.2d 292 (1990)(docking vessel maritime activity); Forrester v. Ocean Marine Indem. Co., 11 F.3d 1213 (5th Cir.1993)(no duty to provide access to ves sel); Florida Fuels, Inc. v. Citgo Petroleum Corp., 6 F.3d 330 (5th Cir.1993)(same).