5th Circuit Finds No Jurisdiction Over $200M Award For Fatal Explosion On Vessel

Mealey's ( January 30, 2024, 2:42 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Jan. 29 reversed and remanded a federal judge’s ruling denying a Swiss charterer’s motion to dismiss a German shipowner’s petition to enforce an arbitral award worth more than $200 million for damages incurred when a fatal explosion occurred on the vessel, finding that the court lacked personal jurisdiction....