WILSON v. SEAS SHIPPING CO.

Civ. A. Nos. 7805, 7794, 7861, 7848, and 7804.

78 F.Supp. 464 (1948)

WILSON v. SEAS SHIPPING CO., Inc. FRANKLIN v. SEAS SHIPPING CO., Inc. DEMSEY v. SEAS SHIPPING CO., Inc. KING v. SEAS SHIPPING CO., Inc. PORTIES v. SEAS SHIPPING CO., Inc.

District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

June 9, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton M. Borowsky, of Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

John B. Shaw, of Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


BARD, District Judge.

The defendant has moved the court to decline jurisdiction and to dismiss the complaints in the five captioned cases, which present the same factual background, and which have been consolidated for purposes of the argument on the present motions.

The defendant's motion which asks this court to decline jurisdiction in these cases is based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens. The facts which are of record for the purpose of determining...

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