Francisco v. Stolt Achievement MT

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• holding that the Convention Act requires that the arbitration take place in a signatory nation
• holding that one party to the agreement must be a citizen of a foreign nation for the Convention Act to apply
• holding that the agreement must be in writing for the Convention Act to apply
• holding that a POEA contract “clearly provides remedies for work-related personal injuries.”
• stating that the arbitration agreement must arise out of a commercial legal relationship for the Convention Act to apply
• determining that a Filipino seaman who had signed an employment contract containing an arbitration clause was enough to constitute an agreement in writing to arbitrate the dispute per the Convention

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).