YOUNG v. NORWEGIAN SEAFARERS' UNION

No. 3D13-866.

138 So.3d 1189 (2014)

Richard Graham YOUNG, et al., Appellants, v. NORWEGIAN SEAFARERS' UNION, etc., and Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 21, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lipcon, Margulies, Alsina & Winkleman, P.A., and Carlos Felipe Llinas Negret and Michael A. Winkleman , Miami, for appellants.

Phillips, Richard & Rind, P.A., and Kathleen M. Phillips and Holly E. Van Horsten ; Holland & Knight LLP, and Sanford L. Bohrer and Scott D. Ponce , Miami; Dodson, Hooks & Frederick and Richard J. Dodson , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Amicus Curiae, for appellees.

Before SHEPHERD, C.J., and SALTER and LOGUE, JJ.


LOGUE, J.

Appellants ("the Seafarers") seek review of a trial court order that dismissed their complaint for declaratory relief against appellee Norwegian Seafarers' Union ("the Union"). We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The Seafarers are non-resident foreign nationals that work as stateroom attendants aboard foreign-flagged cruise ships operated by Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. The Union is a Norwegian corporation with an office and property...

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