Great Lakes Ins. SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC, 217 L. Ed. 2d 401 (February 21, 2024) (Cavanaugh, J.) Maritime contracts often contain choice-of-law provisions that designate the law of a particular jurisdiction to control future disputes. The enforceability of those choice-of-law provisions is governed by federal maritime law. Applying federal maritime law in […]

Wolfe v. Avena (In re Avena), 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 2670, 2024 WL 442071 (3d Cir. February 6, 2024) (Porter, C.J.). Adrian Avena and Aaron Greenberg were fishing off the coast of New Jersey when their boat partially capsized. Tragically, Greenberg drowned before the U.S. Coast Guard or others arrived to their rescue. Greenberg’s estate […]