DEMETRIOS TAMBORIS, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v.
KAINIS COMPANIA MARITIMA, S.A., ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES
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The court held that American law does not apply to the seaman's personal injury claim against the foreign shipowner.
A Greek seaman sued a Panamanian shipowner for injuries sustained on a Liberian-flag vessel. The shipowner was a subsidiary of a Liberian corporation,…
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PER CURIAM:
In this controversy between Tamboris, an alien seaman, and Kainis Compañía Marítima, S.A., a foreign shipowner, in which damages are sought under the Jones Act and for unseaworthiness, Tamboris appeals from the dismissal of his complaint. We affirm.
The District Court considered the seven factors explicated in Lauritzen v. Larsen, 1953, 345 U.S. 571, 73 S.Ct. 921, 97 L.Ed. 1254, and correctly concluded that American law does not apply to a dispute arising out of a personal injury to a Greek seaman aboard a Liberian flag vessel owned by a Panamanian corporation which is in turn a wholly owned subsidiary of a Liberian corporation.
Unlike Hellenic Lines Ltd. v. Rhoditis, 1970, 398 U.S. 306,1 90 S.Ct. 1731, 26 L.Ed.2d 252, where American law was applied in the case of a foreign owner and operator when it appeared that the holder of ninety-five percent of the stock of the corporate shipowner and the company’s directing hand was a longtime resident alien of the United States, it is here undisputed that no American citizens or residents own any share of the owning corporation, directly or indirectly-1
Affirmed.
. It is undisputed that “0” Ventures, Inporated, was acting as agent only and had no ownership interest in the vessel. Since it was neither employer nor shipowner, the corporation was properly dismissed by the District Court.
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