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AFRAM CARRIERS, INC. v. MOEYKENS

No. 97-21048.

145 F.3d 298 (1998)

AFRAM CARRIERS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, Afram Carriers, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bruce MOEYKENS, et al., Defendants, v. ADELE NAJAR VDA. DE PANTA, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Augustin Pantin Pazos; Edgar Panta Najar, Rosa Del Carmen Panta Najar, and Elvis Anderson Panta Najar, Movants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth D. Kuykendall, Chester Joseph Malowski, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Juan Enrique Mejia, Corpus Christi, TX, Rose R. Vela, Barger & Moss, Corpus Christi, TX, for Movants-Appellants.

Before KING, SMITH and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal addresses the propriety of a choice of forum clause in a settlement agreement related to a Limitation Act proceeding, 46 U.S.C.App. § 181 et seq. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

I.

The S/S TAMPA BAY, a ship owned and operated by Afram Carriers, arrived in the Peruvian port of El Callao, and four employees of the contractual security service prehired to guard the ship boarded. Among the...

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