Legal Opinion
Haynsworth v. the Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 29, 1997No. 96-20769, 96-20805PublishedCited by 302 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
These are consolidated appeals in suits by individual underwriters against the Corporation of Lloyd’s (“Lloyd’s”), 1 the central administrative body of the insurance market known as Lloyd’s of London. In No. 96-20769, Stuart Haynsworth and thirty-three others appeal the dismissal of their suits based on a contractual forum selection/choice-of-law clause and, in the alternative, forum non conveniens (“f.n.c.”). In No. 96-20805, Lloyd’s appeals the refusal to dismiss on the same grounds. Concluding that the parties are bound by the contracts they entered into, we…
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