2nd Circuit Finds Carnival Employee Must Arbitrate Claims In The Philippines

(September 20, 2017, 2:02 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 18 affirmed a ruling in which a district court found that a motorman who was injured while working aboard a vessel must arbitrate his claims against his employer in the Philippines pursuant to his employment contract (Rodrigo R. Pagaduan v. Carnival Corporation, et al., No. 16-465, 2nd Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 17981)....