Afram Carriers, Inc. v. Moeykens

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal addresses the propriety of a choice of forum clause in a settlement agreement related to a Limitation Act proceeding, 46 U.S.C.App. § 181 et seq. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

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The S/S TAMPA BAY, a ship owned and operated by Afram Carriers, arrived in the Peruvian port of El Callao, and four employees of the contractual security service pre-hired to guard the ship boarded. Among the four was the deceased, Augustin Panta.

Peruvian port authorities ordered Afram to fumigate the ship. Afram evacuated all crew members except the captain, the chief…