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DAS CHAGAS v. SEDCO, INC.

Civ. A. No. 81-3234.

557 F.Supp. 442 (1983)

Francisco DAS CHAGAS v. SEDCO, INC. and Sedco Perfuracoes Maritimas, Ltda.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

February 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Fred Hagans, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Timothy J. Abeel, Krusen Evans & Byrne, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.

In this case, a Brazilian plaintiff, injured on an oil-drilling rig stationed off the Brazilian coast, has sued a United States corporation and the Brazilian subsidiary by whom he was employed, alleging that the injuries give rise to a claim arising under "the Maritime Law of the United States as modified by the Jones Act...." Contending, pursuant to Lauritzen v. Larsen, 345 U.S. 571

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