Vidovic v. Losinjska Plovidba Oour Broadarstvo

MEMORANDUM

PADOVA, District Judge.

In this ease, a foreign seaman injured in the course of his employment aboard a vessel sued the foreign owners of that vessel for penalty wages, maintenance and cure, and damages arising from his personal injuries. The shipowners have now moved to dismiss under the doctrine of forum non conveniens. For the following reasons, I will deny the motion.

The following facts are essentially undisputed. The various independent republics that formerly comprised the nation of Yugoslavia are in the midst of a civil war. Defendant Losinjska Plovidba Oour Broadarstvo…