RASHIDI v. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

No. 95-31027.

96 F.3d 124 (1996)

Youssery F. RASHIDI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, United States of America, and Comet V53, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin C. Schoenberger, New Orleans, LA, for Youssery F. Rashidi, plaintiff-appellant.

Michelle Terry Delemarre, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees.

Before SMITH and PARKER, Circuit Judges, and JUSTICE, District Judge.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Youssery Rashidi appeals the judgment that his claim for maintenance and cure under the Suits in Admiralty Act (the "SAA"), 46 U.S.C.App. § 742, is time-barred. Finding no error, we affirm.

I.

Rashidi alleges injuries stemming from a work-related accident that occurred on March 26, 1991, aboard the U.S.N.S. COMET. During the summer of 1991, Rashidi traveled to Egypt on...

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