Fernandes v. HOLLAND AMERICAN LINE

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION

PATRICIA A. SEITZ, District Judge.

Laurent Fernandes, a seaman aboard the Holland American Line cruise ship M/V Oosterdam, has sued Holland for injuries he sustained while moving and lifting heavy objects onboard the ship. Holland seeks to compel arbitration of Fernandes’s claims in India under the law of the British Virgin Islands pursuant to an arbitration clause in the parties’ employment agreement. Fernandes objects and argues that the arbitration clause is void as against public policy because the choice of venue and choice of law provisions…