A federal appellate court ruled that an injured stevedore could proceed with all but one of his claims against a foreign ship management company, since Texas law allowed for the exercise of jurisdiction.
Case: Carmona v. Leo Ship Management Inc., No. 18-20248, 05/10/2019, published.
Facts: Jose Carmona worked as a stevedore. In 2014, he was tasked with unloading cargo from the M/V Komatsushima Star. The ship is managed by Leo Ship Management, a Philippine corporation with its principal place of business in Manila.
While Carmona was rigging a bundle of pipes in the ship's hold, they fell...
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