NUNEZ-LOZANO v. REDERI

No. 80-3120 Summary Calendar.

634 F.2d 135 (1980)

Alejandro NUNEZ-LOZANO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Oivind Lorentzen REDERI, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A.

December 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Wysocki, Bonnie L. Zakotnik, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Terriberry, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, William E. Wright, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE, RUBIN and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

In November 1975, appellant Alejandro Nunez-Lozano, a citizen of Honduras, signed on as a seaman on a Norwegian vessel. While in Honduras, appellant had sent a letter to the Scandinavian Union in New Orleans requesting a seaman's job. When a reply letter made the job prospect appear promising, appellant came to New Orleans and secured work on the M/S NOPAL VEGA within a few weeks. His seaman's contract on the vessel, which is Norwegian registered...

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