Ortiz v. Union Oil Co. of California

WEINFELD, District Judge.

This suit was commenced under the Jones Act> 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, to recover damages for illness sustained or aggravated while plaintiff was serving as a seaman on the defendant’s Steamship Lompac from February 12th to September 1st, 1950. Defendant, prior to answering, moves to transfer the action to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Southern Division, for the convenience of parties and witnesses and in the interests of justice, pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a).

Ordinarily, the plaintiff’s choice of a forum will not be…