Legal Opinion
Noor Begum Karim, Wife of Fazal Karim v. Finch Shipping Company, Ltd., Finch Shipping Company, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 5, 2001No. 00-30683PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Chief Judge:
In this maritime personal injury case, both parties appeal the judgment of the district court. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On January 18, 1995, Plaintiff/Appellant/Cross-Appellee Fazal Karim, a citizen of Bangladesh, was engaged as a seaman aboard the MW LOUSSIO, a Panamanian-flag bulk carrier owned by Defendanf/Ap-pellee/Cross-Appellant Finch Shipping Company, Ltd. (“Finch”), a Maltese corporation. While at sea off the coast of Bermuda, on August 17, 1995, Karim was seriously and permanently injured when he slipped and fell some twenty to…
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