Thomas v. United States Lines, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BECHTLE, District Judge.

Presently before the Court is defendant’s motion to transfer this action, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to the Southern District of New York. For reasons hereinafter enumerated, the motion will be granted.

Plaintiffs are nineteen crew members who served aboard the S.S. AMERICAN AQUARIUS, a vessel owned and operated by defendant. On April 20, 1973, the S.S. AMERICAN AQUARIUS and the S.S. ATLANTIC HOPE, a vessel owned by Pacific Bulk Carriers, Inc., collided near the port of Kobe, Japan. The injuries…