Keramidas v. Guise Shipping Enterprises Corp.

| .CANNELLA, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff, Dimitrios Keramidas (Keramidas), from a summary judgment granted in a maritime case to defendants, Profile Shipping Limited (Profile) and Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association Limited (Steamship). We vacate the judgment and remand for further proceedings.

Keramidas was a Greek seaman who became sick aboard his ship while it was docked in St. Charles Parish in January of 1999. He was provided medical treatment for sepsis at East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, Louisiana. On March 8, 1999, suit was filed on his behalf under maritime…