Koke v. Phillips Petroleum Co.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from orders of the district court conditionally dismissing two actions, each brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688 (1976), and the general maritime law. Because of the similarity of the appellants’ claims, they have been consolidated for this appeal. The primary questions for this Court’s review are (1) whether the conditional orders are appealable, and (2) whether American law applies to the appellants’ claims and, if not, whether the district court abused its discretion in dismissing the case for forum non conveniens. Because we find that the…