Sfiridas v. Santa Cecelia Co., S.A.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CLIFFORD SCOTT GREEN, District Judge.

I

This is an admiralty action brought by Vasilios Sfiridas, plaintiff, against defendants to recover for injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendants and the unseaworthiness of their vessels. We do not decide, at this time, the merits of these allegations. The only issue before this Court, and the only issue we decide, is the appropriate law to be applied in this ease.

Plaintiff urges this Court to apply the admiralty law of the United States.1 Defendants, however, argue that the proper law to be applied in this…