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NICOL v. GULF FLEET SUPPLY VESSELS, INC.

No. 83-3264.

743 F.2d 289 (1984)

David NICOL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GULF FLEET SUPPLY VESSELS, INC., in personam, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 9, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale W. Poindexter, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, Edward F. Kohnke, IV, James H. Brown, Jr., Miles P. Clements, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, GEE, and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

"As a moth is drawn to the light, so is a litigant drawn to the United States." Smith Kline and French Laboratories, Ltd., et al. v. Block [1983] 2 All E.R. 72, 74 (C.A.1982) (Denning, M.R.). Today's litigant is David Nicol, a Scottish deep-sea diver, who was drawn to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana seeking to recover for personal injuries he suffered off the coast of Abu Dhabi while working aboard...

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