Legal Opinion
Cantuba v. American Bureau of Shipping
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 13, 2002No. Nos. 2001-CA-1139, 2001-CA-1140, 2001-CA-1141, 2001-CA-1142PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
h KIRBY, Judge.
Plaintiffs appeal the dismissal of their lawsuits on the basis of forum non conve-niens, more than six years after the filing of said lawsuit.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
The MW MARIKA, a bulk carrier measuring 919 feet in length loaded with 140,-000 tons of pelletized iron ore, sank in international waters on January 1, 1994 in a North Atlantic winter storm. The MAR-IKA, a vessel registered in Liberia, was on a voyage from Canada to the Dutch port of Ijmuniden. The MARIKA and all its Greek and Philippine seamen were lost. The vessel was built in Japan by defendant-appellee Mitsubishi…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Piper Aircraft Co. v. ReynoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- In Re Air Crash Disaster Near New Orleans, Louisiana on July 9, 1982. Luis Alberto Trivelloni-Lorenzi, and Susanna Electra Trivelloni-Lorenzi v. Pan American World Airways, Inc., Ernesto Serio Pampin Lopez, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of His Deceased Mother Sara E. Lopez De Pampin v. Pan American Airways, Inc., and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Noor Begum Karim, Wife of Fazal Karim v. Finch Shipping Company, Ltd., Finch Shipping Company, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Fed. Carr. Cas. P 83,866 Richard Salzstein and Candice Salzstein v. Bekins Van Lines Inc., a Nebraska CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Creamer v. CreamerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
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