Geovany Quiroz v. MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA

Geovany Quiroz appeals an order compelling him to arbitrate his complaints against MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., MSC Cruises (USA), Inc., and MSC Crociere S.A. (collectively “MSC”) for negligence, under the Jones Act, and for unseaworthiness, maintenance and cure, and failure to treat, under maritime law. The district court granted the motion of MSC to compel Quiroz to arbitrate his claims, under the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards, based on a provision in his collective bargaining agreement that “any and all claims ... against MSC,…