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ERAZO v. M/V CIUDAD DE NEIVA

Admiralty No. 4912.

270 F.Supp. 211 (1967)

Ramon ERAZO v. M/V CIUDAD DE NEIVA and Flota Mercante Grancolumbiana, S. A., a body corporate.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

January 10, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sol C. Berenholtz, Solomon Kaplan and David P. Bernstein, Baltimore, Md., for libelant.

Robert H. Williams, Jr., Donald A. Krach and Niles, Barton, Gans & Markell, Baltimore, Md., for respondent.

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

Respondent has moved that the Court decline to exercise jurisdiction over this suit brought by libelant to recover for serious injuries sustained as the result of an explosion and fire aboard the M/V Ciudad De Neiva while she was leaving the Port of Baltimore. Respondent contends that Colombia is the proper forum.

It is undisputed that libelant is a citizen of Colombia, that respondent owner of the vessel is a Colombian corporation, that...

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