Legal Opinion
Vidovic v. Losinjska Plovidba Oour Broadarstvo
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 2, 1994No. Civ. A. 93-3887PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
PADOVA, District Judge.
In this case, a foreign seaman injured in the course of his employment aboard a vessel sued the foreign owners of that vessel for damages from personal injuries and penalty wages. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1), the shipowners have moved to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 1 For the following reasons, I will deny the motion.
Plaintiff Slavko Vidovic, a merchant seaman from the former nation of Yugoslavia, 2 alleges the following facts in his complaint. Defendants Losinjska Plovidba Oour Broadarstvo, Island Shipping, S.A.,…
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