GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
We review a district court decision dismissing claims resulting from the death of a foreign diver in an oil and gas related accident in foreign territorial waters. The district court based its decision to dismiss on § 688(b) of the Jones Act and on the doctrine of forum non conveniens. The district court also refused to remand the case to the Texas state district court where Plaintiff originally filed it. Finding that the district...
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