Dimitrios Garis, Libellant-Appellant v. Compania Maritima San Basilio, S. A.

Libellant-appellant, Dimitrios Garis, employed as a fireman aboard respondent’s vessel, the S.S. “Eurytan,” was severely burned on September 15, 1965, in an explosion in the engine room of the vessel which was en route from Europe to Australia. He had joined the ship, owned by the defendant Panamanian corporation, at the Port of Rotterdam, Holland, on May 27, 1965, at which time he was required to sign Articles which provided that claims for injuries would be governed by Greek law and the Greek Collective Agreement, and that every claim or dispute arising from an injury would be under the…