Shafi Ullah v. Canion Shipping Company, Ltd. Concordia Lines and Kratigos Shipping Co.

Plaintiff, a Pakistani citizen, sued the Liberian corporate owner of the M/V Concordia ION to recover for personal injuries sustained aboard the vessel while she was docked in the Port of Baltimore. * The district court ruled that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the owner, and it dismissed the complaint. Plaintiff appeals, and we affirm.

Carefully assaying the seven factors to be considered in deciding whether to entertain in admiralty a non-wage claim action by a non-citizen against a non-citizen as identified in Lauritzen v. Larsen, 345 U.S. 571, 73 S.Ct. 921, 97 L.Ed. 1254…