Trotter v. 7R Holdings — maritime — affirmance — Greenaway

The Third Circuit today affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a maritime suit on forum non conveniens grounds. The court sua sponte considered and rejected the argument that a statutory venue provision impacted the forum analysis, “because they are antecedent legal issues that we must resolve before deciding the case as a whole.”

Joining Greenaway were Shwartz and Fuentes. Arguing counsel were Thomas Friedberg of San Diego and Michael Dono of Miami.