Legal Opinion
Lindo v. NCL (Bahamas), Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 29, 2011No. 10-10367PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Harold Leonel Pineda Lindo (“Lindo”) appeals the district court’s enforcement of the arbitration agreement in his employment contract with Defendant-Appellee NCL (Bahamas) Ltd. (“NCL”). Lindo sues NCL on a single count of Jones Act negligence, pursuant to 46 U.S.C. § 30104. He claims that NCL breached its duty to supply him with a safe place to work. The district court granted NCL’s motion to compel arbitration and dismissed Lindo’s complaint.
Given the New York Convention and governing Supreme Court and Circuit precedent, we must enforce the arbitration…
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