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CHIRAG v. MT MARIDA MARGUERITE SCHIFFAHRTS

No. 3:12cv00879 (SRU).

983 F.Supp.2d 188 (2013)

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

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

November 15, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Patrick F. Lennon , Lennon Murphy Caulfield & Phillips, LLC, Southport, CT, John Greco , Todd P. Kenyon , Betancourt, Van Hemmen , Greco & Kenyon, LLC, Red Bank, NJ, Richard J. Basile , St. Onge, Steward, Johnston & Reens, Stamford, CT, for Defendants.

RULING ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS GROUNDS

STEFAN R. UNDERHILL, District Judge.

This case arises from an unfortunate international incident, which has no real connection to this country or this court. In May 2010, Somali pirates hijacked a tanker in the Gulf of Aden, somewhere off the coast of Yemen. The tanker, the MT Marida Marguerite Schiffahrts ("Marida Marguerite"), was a German owned and operated, Marshall Islands...

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