Fisher v. Agios Nicolaos V

TATE, Circuit Judge:

The surviving widow and dependents of a Greek seaman killed on a foreign vessel in an American port were awarded damages in this wrongful death action, which was brought under the Jones Act and general maritime law. The defendants held liable (the shipowner Valsky, a Liberian corporation, and the ship operator Valmas, a Panamanian corporation) contend principally that the district court erred (a) in failing to grant a motion for dismissal based on forum non conveniens, (b) in applying United States rather than Greek law, and (c) by incorrectly computing the damage award.…