Great Lakes Reinsurance v. Steven Pomarico , 294 F. App'x 501 ( 2008 )

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FILED
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
________________________ ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
SEPT 23, 2008
No. 07-15066                        THOMAS K. KAHN
________________________                      CLERK
D. C. Docket No. 07-21512-CV-CMA
GREAT LAKES REINSURANCE (UK) PLC,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
STEVEN POMARICO,
DENNIS DODSON,
Defendants-Appellees.
________________________
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
_________________________
(September 23, 2008)
Before BIRCH and MARCUS, Circuit Judges and FORRESTER,* District Judge.
*
Honorable J. Owen Forrester, United States District Judge for the Northern District of
Georgia, sitting by designation.
PER CURIAM:
Having thoroughly reviewed the record and the briefs of the parties and
having heard oral argument by counsel, we can find no abuse of discretion,1
particularly in view of the “Savings to Suitors” clause of 28 U.S.C. § 1333(1)2 and
the familiarity of the Florida courts with maritime disputes. See, e.g. Carnival
Corp. v. Carlisle, 

953 So. 2d 461

(Fla. 2007). Therefore, we AFFIRM the
judgment of the district court.
1
See Wilton v. Seven Falls Co., 

515 U.S. 277

, 289-90, 

115 S. Ct. 2137

, 2144 (1995)
(determining that a stay by the district court of a declaratory judgment action is reviewed for
abuse of discretion).
2
28 U.S.C. § 1333. Admiralty, maritime and prize cases.
The district courts shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States,
of:
(1) Any civil case of admiralty or maritime jurisdiction, saving to suitors in all cases all
other remedies to which they are otherwise entitled.
(emphasis added).
2