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CALIX-CHACON v. GLOBAL INTERN. MARINE, INC.

No. 06-30686.

493 F.3d 507 (2007)

Dilbert Ivan CALIX-CHACON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL MARINE, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 19, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Myers (argued), Young, Richaud & Myers, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Randolph J. Waits (argued), Matthew Francis Popp, Emmett, Cobb, Waits & Henning, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before KING, DAVIS and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Global International Marine, Inc. appeals the judgement of the district court denying its motion to dismiss the action for maintenance and cure brought by seaman Dilbert Ivan Calix-Chacon. The district court refused to enforce the forum selection clause in the employment agreement between the parties on public policy grounds. Because we conclude that the public policy grounds relied on by the district court were improper,...

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