ANDERSON v. GREAT LAKES DREDGE AND DOCK CO.

Docket No. 78-3843.

96 Mich. App. 194 (1980)

292 N.W.2d 177

ANDERSON v. GREAT LAKES DREDGE AND DOCK COMPANY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided March 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Jaques Admiralty Law Offices, for plaintiff.

Vandeveer, Garzia, Tonkin, Kerr & Heaphy, P.C. (by Ivan E. Kerr and Mark D. Willmarth), for defendant.

Before: T.M. BURNS, P.J., and BRONSON and R.M. MAHER, JJ.


BRONSON, J.

Defendant appeals by leave granted the order of the trial court denying defendant's motion that the court decline to exercise its jurisdiction based on the principle of forum non conveniens.

I.

Plaintiff was injured while employed by defendant and working either on the dredge Alaska or on a spill barge that was part of the Alaska's operation. It is alleged that while plaintiff was handling a piece of frayed cable, one...

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