Wilson v. Seas Shipping Co.

BARD, District Judge.

The defendant has moved the court to decline jurisdiction and to dismiss the complaints in the five captioned cases, which present the same factual background, and which have been consolidated for purposes of the argument on the present motions.

The defendant’s motion which asks this court to decline jurisdiction in these cases is based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens. The facts which are of record for the purpose of determining this motion are, briefly stated, as follows:

The plaintiffs were longshoremen who were allegedly injured while in the employ of an…