CARMONA v. LEO SHIP MANAGEMENT, INC.

No. 18-20248.

924 F.3d 190 (2019)

Jose CARMONA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LEO SHIP MANAGEMENT, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED May 10, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kyle Andrew Lawrence , Chad Flores, Esq. , Beck Redden, L.L.P., Suite 4500, 1221 McKinney Street, 1 Houston Center, Houston, TX 77010, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jadd Fitzgerald Masso, Esq. , Clark Hill Strasburger, Suite 6000, 901 Main Street, Bank of America Plaza, Dallas, TX 75202, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


Jose Carmona was injured while unloading cargo from a vessel docked outside Houston. He sued Leo Ship Management, Inc. ("LSM"), a foreign corporation that managed the ship. Noting that LSM had no control over the ship's ports of call, the district court dismissed for want of personal jurisdiction, holding that the...

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