Marinechance Shipping, Ltd. v. Sebastian

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• holding that a forum selection clause in a seaman's employment contract was enforceable even when the parties did not negotiate for the provision
• holding that a forum selection clause that covered “[a]ny disputes arising out of the respective contract […]” applied to tort actions
• holding that a forum-selection clause in an employment contract for a seaman was enforceable even when the parties did not negotiate for the provision
• holding that a forum selection clause that covered “[a]ny disputes arising out of the respective contract […]” applied to tort actions
• concluding that clause contained in employment contract that applied to “[a]ny and all disputes or controversies arising out of or by virtue of this Contract” applied to tort causes of action arising during such employment
• holding trial court did not err in concluding that tort claims arose out of or by virtue of the contract with the forum-selection clause

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).