Aasma v. American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection & Indemnity

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KATZ, District Judge.

Pending before this Court is Defendants’ Motion for Order to Confirm Foreign Arbitral Award and to Enter Judgment (Doc. No. 89). For the following reasons, Defendants’ motion will be granted.

J. BACKGROUND

This matter arises from suits filed by merchant seaman who were employed by the now largely defunct States Steamship Company (“States”). Plaintiffs claim they were injured by exposure to asbestos during their service aboard States’ vessels. Relative to the instant action, States was insured by two protection and indemnity associations, 1 including…