Jose Carmona v. Leo Ship Management, Inc.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Jose Carmona was injured while unloading cargo from a vessel docked outside Houston. He sued Leo Ship Management, Inc. ("LSM"), a foreign corporation that managed the ship. Noting that LSM had no control over the ship's ports of call, the district court dismissed for want of personal jurisdiction, holding that the company did not purposely avail itself of the privilege of conducting activities in Texas. We affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand.

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As a stevedore, Carmona was tasked with unloading cargo from the M/V Komatsushima Star in April 2014. While he was…