Ryszard Szumlicz v. Norwegian America Line, Inc., Etc., Global Cruises, Ltd., Etc.

DYER, Senior Circuit Judge:

Defendant Norwegian America Line, Inc., appeals from a judgment, entered on a jury verdict, awarding $35,000.00 damages to plaintiff Ryszard Szumlicz, in a suit brought by him for unseaworthiness and under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688. 1 Defendant urges error in the refusal of the district court to refrain from exercising jurisdiction under the doctrine of forum non conveniens and error in setting aside the jury’s finding of contributory negligence, resulting in the full assessment of compensatory damages awarded to the plaintiff. 2 We affirm.

Plaintiff, a citizen…