CHIRAG v. MT MARIDA MARGUERITE SCHIFFARHRTS

No. 3:12CV879 SRU.

933 F.Supp.2d 349 (2013)

Bahri CHIRAG, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MT MARIDA MARGUERITE SCHIFFARHRTS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

March 26, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason R. Margulies , Lipcon, Margulies, Alsina & Winkleman, P.A., Michael A. Winkleman , Alsina & Winkleman, P.A., Miami, FL, Kenneth Wynne Bohonnon , Bohonnon Law Firm, New Haven, CT, for Plaintiffs.

John Joseph Walsh , Thomas M. Canevari , Freehill, Hogan & Mahar, LLP, New York, NY, Patrick F. Lenno , Lennon Murphy Caulfield & Phillips, LLC, Southport, CT, for Defendants.


RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS

STEFAN R. UNDERHILL, District Judge.

This case arises out of Somali pirates' seizure of a Marshall Island ship — which was managed by a British company and staffed by Indian sailors — in the Gulf of Aden. In the fall of 2010, pirates boarded a tanker named the MT Marida Marguerite Schiffarhrts ("Marida Marguerite") somewhere off the coast of Yemen. The ship had set out from India for Belgium, but remained...

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