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NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit ruled that a Louisiana federal court improperly found an Indian citizen’s claims are governed by the Jones Act and general maritime law. He says he contracted malaria while working on a Liberian ship managed by a Singaporean company. The shipworker suffered gangrene and had several toes amputated, but he has not shown the relevant portions of Singaporean or Indian law conflict with Liberian law. The law of the ship’s flag prevails.
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