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ABRAHAM v. UNIVERSAL GLOW, INC.

No. 81-2455 Summary Calendar.

681 F.2d 451 (1982)

Thacius ABRAHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIVERSAL GLOW, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 30, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Provost, Umphrey, Doyle & McPherson, Gerald W. Eddins, Port Arthur, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Ted C. Litton, John M. Elsley, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

United States courts are seductive to injured foreign seamen for, under the Jones Act, liability can be established by showing slight negligence, trial by jury is available, the remedy is in tort instead of being limited by worker's compensation strictures, and verdicts are generous. Yet the federal courts are not an appropriate forum for the litigation of all of the claims of all of the world's seamen. Although the Jones Act extends...

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