Legal Opinion
Nicolaos Ikospentakis v. Thalassic Steamship Agency and Kyriakos Zervos
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 25, 1990No. 90-3019PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
A Greek seaman injured aboard a Greek vessel that happened to be anchored in the Mississippi River in Louisiana filed a Jones Act and maritime negligence suit in federal district court. He named ten defendants, including two alleged Louisiana corporations, an alleged U.S. citizen, a foreign citizen, the vessel, a foreign insurer and four foreign corporations allegedly doing business in Louisiana. Among those defendants were the appellants Thalassic Steamship Agency, a Panamanian corporation with its sole place of business in Greece, which managed the vessel and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Milton Lecompte v. Mr. Chip, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- Maurice Manshack and Cheri B. Manshack v. Southwestern Electric Power CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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