Forum-Selection Clause Is Reasonable, Enforceable, Louisiana Federal Judge Says

Mealey's (November 25, 2019, 9:20 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A seaman who was injured while working on a ship in Louisiana failed to prove that a forum-selection clause designating England as the forum to arbitrate disputes is unreasonable and unenforceable, a Louisiana federal judge said Nov. 21 in granting the insurer’s motion to compel arbitration and to stay the seaman’s negligence suit (Ronald Havard v. Offshore Specialty Fabricators LLC, No. 14-824, E.D. La., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 201884)....