MATUTE v. LLOYD BERMUDA LINES, LTD.

No. 90-6002.

931 F.2d 231 (1991)

Oscar MATUTE, Appellant, v. LLOYD BERMUDA LINES, LTD., or similar name; and Trans-Mar Agencies, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed April 25, 1991.

As Amended May 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. Dooley, Orange, N.J., for appellant.

Mark F. Muller, Freehill, Hogan & Mahar, New York City, for appellees.

Before STAPLETON, COWEN and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) April 9, 1991.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Oscar Matute, a Honduran injured while serving as a crewman on the cargo liner THE LLOYD BERMUDA, filed suit under the Jones Act and general maritime law against the ship's exclusive charterer, Lloyd Bermuda Lines (LBL), a Bermudan corporation which does business in New Jersey, and its United States...

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