Legal Opinion
Miller v. Phillips Petroleum Co. Norway
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided January 19, 1988PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND, Justice.
The appellants (“plaintiffs”), survivors and representatives of the seamen who were injured or killed when their semi-submersible drilling rig capsized in the North Sea, brought suit against Phillips Petroleum Company Norway (“Phillips Norway”), claiming relief under American federal law and foreign law. The Superior Court granted Phillips Norway’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed the complaint after finding no subject matter juris diction and alternatively on the grounds of foru/m, non conveniens. Miller v. Phillips Petroleum Co. Norway, Del.Super., 529 A.2d 263,…
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