Legal Opinion
Marinechance Shipping, Ltd. v. Sebastian
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 22, 1998No. 97-30844PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge:
Fernando Sebastian and Raul Galedo (“the seamen”) filed this admiralty suit against Marinechance Shipping Ltd. (Marinechance) seeking damages for injuries incurred while aboard the MTV ELLISPONTOS. In a carefully reasoned and well-researched decision, district Judge Feldman granted Marine-chance’s motion for a partial summary declaratory judgment, finding that the forum selection clauses in the seamen’s contracts required their causes of action to be filed in the Republic of the Philippines. We affirm.
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The seamen, both citizens of the Philippines, were injured in…
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