KARIM v. FINCH SHIPPING CO., LTD.

No. 97-CA-2518.

718 So.2d 572 (1998)

Noor Begum Karim, Wife of/and Fazal KARIM v. FINCH SHIPPING COMPANY, LTD., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul C. Miniclier, New Orleans, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

James A. Cobb, Jr., John F. Emmett, New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BARRY, WALTZER and LANDRIEU, JJ.


BARRY, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal a judgment that granted an exception of lack of personal jurisdiction in favor of Finch Shipping Company. We convert the appeal to an application for supervisory writs, grant certiorari and affirm.

Facts

On August 17, 1995 Fazal Karim, a Bangladeshi seaman, was injured aboard the M/V LOUSSIO in the North Atlantic Ocean. The M/V LOUSSIO was a Panamanian flag vessel owned by Finch Shipping Company, Ltd., a Maltese...

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