HUGEL v. CORPORATION OF LLOYD'S

No. 92-2240.

999 F.2d 206 (1993)

Dieter M. HUGEL, Gulf Coast Marine, Incorporated, and Ocean Marine Indemnity Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CORPORATION OF LLOYD'S, a United Kingdom Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean Marie R. Pechette, Gordon & Glickson, Chicago, IL, William Edelman (argued), New Orleans, LA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Timothy M. Maggio, Joseph E. Coughlin (argued), Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and LAY, Senior Circuit Judge.


LAY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dieter Hugel, Gulf Coast Marine, Inc., and Ocean Marine and Indemnity Company appeal the dismissals of their diversity suit against the Corporation of Lloyd's. The district court dismissed the suit under Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(3) on the ground that plaintiffs' claims are governed by a forum selection clause designating England as the proper forum. We affirm.

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