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KALAMA v. MATSON NAV. COMPANY, INC.

No. 16-3408.

875 F.3d 297 (2017)

Henry KALAMA; Herman Collado; Roy M. Jackson; Fermin Aguilar; John J. Lynam; Junest P. Ponson; Harry G. Shannon; Billie Jenkins; Luis Caceres; Jeremiah Todd, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 13, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Louis M. Bograd , MOTLEY RICE LLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Harold W. Henderson , THOMPSON HINE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Louis M. Bograd , MOTLEY RICE LLC, Washington, D.C., Timothy A. Swafford , Alan Kellman , John Cardello , THE JAQUES ADMIRALTY LAW FIRM, PC, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants. Harold W. Henderson , THOMPSON HINE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees.

ROGERS, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which COOK and STRANCH, JJ., joined. STRANCH, J. (pgs. 309-10), delivered a separate concurring opinion.

OPINION

This case arose in the late 1980s, when merchant marine plaintiffs began filing asbestos-liability suits against ship-owner and manufacturer defendants in the Northern District of Ohio. At that time, the N.D. of Ohio ruled that it lacked personal jurisdiction over many of the defendants and indicated that...

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