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BILYK v. VESSEL NAIR

No. 84-5515.

754 F.2d 1541 (1985)

Patrick J. BILYK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The VESSEL NAIR, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall L. Foreman, Donald L. Salem, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert G. Dyer, Dyer, Brewer & Walton, San Diego, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before WALLACE, BOOCHEVER, and HALL, Circuit Judges.

BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:

At issue is whether United States law should be applied to an alleged accident which occurred on the high seas. The district court held that it should not and dismissed the complaint for failure to state a cause of action. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Bilyk, a United States citizen, was seeking work in El Cajon, California and learned that the owners of the fishing vessel Nair needed a helicopter pilot. The helicopter is used to...

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