SCHOTT, Chief Judge.
The issue here is whether a foreign seaman, who is injured in the territorial waters of Mexico and is admittedly precluded by the 1982 amendment to the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A.App. S 688(b), from bringing a suit for his injuries under the Jones Act or any other maritime law of the United States, may, nonetheless, assert a claim under the law of Mexico or of the State of Louisiana. The trial court held that he could not, and he has appealed. We affirm...
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