![]() ![]() 1118, 1127 (2005), determined that “a watercraft is not ‘capable of being used’ for maritime transport in any meaningful sense if it has been permanently moored or otherwise rendered practically incapable of transportation or movement.'” A “vessel” is “every description of watercraft or artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water.” 1 U.S.C. The Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit, determined that the M/V CROWN CASINO was not a vessel for maritime purposes. The parties then filed cross motions as to whether the casino boat had vessel status. the plaintiff filed suit seeking damages under general maritime law which, he argued, pre-empted a Louisiana statute limiting liability for loss connected with the service of alcoholic beverages. An intoxicated patron fell down the stairs of the M/V CROWN CASINO, a riverboat casino owned by St.
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