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SOLANO v. GULF KING 55

No. 99-40995 Summary Calendar.

212 F.3d 902 (2000)

Raymundo Cerrato SOLANO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GULF KING 55, INC.; Gulf King Services, Inc.; GULF KING 55 in rem, Defendants-Appellants. Victor Manuel Urbina, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gulf King 55 Inc.; Gulf King Services, Inc.; GULF KING 49, in rem; Gulf King 49, Inc., Defendants-Appellants. Alfred Hodgson Denis, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gulf King 49, Inc.; Gulf King Services, Inc.; GULF KING, in rem, Defendants-Appellants. Larry Hansack, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gulf King 50, Incorporated; Gulf King Services, Incorporated; GULF KING 50, in rem, Defendants-Appellants. Milton Pasos, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gulf King 46, Inc.; Gulf King Services, Inc.; GULF KING 46, in rem, Defendants-Appellants. Mauricio Willis Guillermo, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gulf King 50, Inc.; Gulf King Services, Inc.; GULF KING 50 in rem, Defendants-Appellants. Roy Derih William Gutierres, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gulf King 51, Inc.; Gulf King Services, Inc., Defendants-Appellants. Jose Martinez Yanes, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gulf King 51, Inc.; Gulf King Services, Inc.; GULF KING 51, in rem, Defendants-Appellants. Benigno Jiron Mendez, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gulf King 43, Inc.; Gulf King Services, Inc.; GULF KING 43, in rem, Defendants-Appellants. Gilberto Gamboa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gulf King 39, Inc.; Gulf King Services, Inc.; GULF KING 39, in rem, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 5, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Z. Steinman, Charles P. Neely, Law Offices of Walter S. Steinman, Wyncote, PA, Harold Joseph Eisenman, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Kimberley Hall Seger, Daniel D. Pipitone, Patricia Chanson Pipitone, Pipitone & Seger, Corpus Christi, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before SMITH, BARKSDALE and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Ten plaintiff seamen brought work-related personal injury actions against defendant vessel owners under the Jones Act. Defendants (collectively "Gulf King") filed a consolidated motion for summary judgment claiming that Nicaraguan law governs the claims. The district court denied the motion, then certified the choice-of-law question for consolidated interlocutory appeal. We reverse.

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