Legal Opinion
Shirlei Kirschner Camejo v. Ocean Drilling & Exploration
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 7, 1988No. 86-6025PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
We review a district court decision dismissing claims resulting from the death of a foreign diver in an oil and gas related accident in foreign territorial waters. The district court based its decision to dismiss on § 688(b) of the Jones Act and on the doctrine of forum non conveniens. The district court also refused to remand the case to the Texas state district court where Plaintiff originally filed it. Finding that the district court’s actions were not an abuse of its discretion, we AFFIRM.
I. FACTS AND COURSE OF ACTION
On February 22, 1984, Joao Lazaro Ca-mejo (“Joao…
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