United States Fourth Circuit

In a suit by a Filipino seaman for injuries sustained on a ship in the Chesapeake Bay, the district court's ruling on dismissal for improper venue is: 1) affirmed in part, where the doctrine of equitable estoppel required the plaintiff to arbitrate his claims in the Philippines pursuant to an enforceable arbitration agreement; and 2) vacated in part, where a) the district court was not constrained to dismiss this case, and b) the district court was not obliged to deny the plaintiff's injunction request as moot when it deemed his claims to be arbitrable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/16/2012
• Published 03/16/2012

Judges

• King

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul Thomas Hofmann, M. Hamilton Whitman, Jr.