PRADO v. SLOMAN NEPTUN SCHIFFAHRTS-A.G.

No. 89-CA-1208.

558 So.2d 712 (1990)

Antonio PRADO v. SLOMAN NEPTUN SCHIFFAHRTS-A.G., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Lozes, D. Kirk Boswell, Terriberry, Carroll & Yancey, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Bruce C. Waltzer, Paul S. Weidenfeld, Waltzer & Bagneris, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and CIACCIO and PLOTKIN, JJ.


SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

The key issue in the case is whether the law of the United States should be applied to this maritime tort where plaintiff is a citizen of the Republic of the Philippines; he joined the crew of the Epsilongas in the Philippines; the Epsilongas was a ship of Netherlands Antilles flag and registry and was owned by defendant, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Netherlands Antilles with its principal place of business in Willemstad...

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