Legal Opinion
Empresa Lineas Maritimas Argentinas, S.A. v. Schichau-Unterweser, A.G., and Stork-Werkspoor Diesel, B.V.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1992No. 91-3221PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
The M/V ELMA TRES sank off Bermuda on November 26, 1981, taking 23 crewmen and $17 million in cargo with her. The vessel was bound for United States ports, carrying merchandise for American interests. All cargo claims having been settled, the remaining parties dispute the proper forum for trying the third-party product liability action of Empresa Lineas Maríti-mas Argentina (ELMA), the vessel’s Argentinian time-charterer, against Stork-Werkspoor Diesel, B.V. (SWD), the Dutch manufacturer of the auxiliary diesel engines used to supply electrical power on-board the…
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