Saudi Arabia v. Nelson: Roll over Weltover, Tell Scott Nelson the News 2 Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law 1994

2 Tul. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 175 (1994)
Saudi Arabia v. Nelson: Roll over Weltover, Tell Scott Nelson the News

handle is hein.journals/tulicl2 and id is 181 raw text is: SAUDI ARABIA v. NELSON: ROLL OVER
WELTOVER, TELL SCOTT NELSON THE
NEWS
ROBERT H. WOOD*
One ill-fated day in September 1983, Scott Nelson was attracted
to a job advertisement in a trade periodical that would eventually ensnare
him in a bizarre and frustrating drama worthy of the imagination of
Kafka. The job advertisement was placed by the Hospital Corporation of
America (HCA). Pursuant to a contract signed with the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia in 1973, HCA recruited American personnel to work for the
King Faisal Specialist Hospital (Hospital) in Saudi Arabia.' The Hospital
was owned and operated by the Saudi government, and had an agent in
the United States, Royspec Purchasing Services (Royspec).2
In response to the advertisement, Nelson applied for the position
of monitoring systems engineer at the Hospital in September 1983.?
He traveled to Saudi Arabia to interview for the position and, upon his
return to the United States, signed an employment contract with the
Hospital.4 He then underwent personnel processing and attended an
employee orientation session conducted by HCA.5 During the
orientation, HCA told Nelson that, in case of emergency, family members
in the United States could reach him through Royspec.6
Nelson began his employment with the Hospital in Riyadh in
December 1983.' In the course of his duties as monitoring systems
engineer, he conducted safety inspections of the oxygen and nitrous oxide
* Doctor of Juridical Science Candidate, Tulane Law School. B.F.A., North Carolina
School of the Arts, 1977; J.D., Georgia State University College of Law, 1992; LL.M.
(Admiralty), Tulane Law School, 1993. The Author would like to express his sincerest
thanks to Professor Thomas Carbonneau for his guidance and encouragement.
1. Saudi Arabia v. Nelson, 113 S. Ct. 1471 (1993).
2. Id.
3. Id.
4. Id. at 1474-75.
5. Id.
6. Nelson, 113 S. Ct. 1475.
7. Id.

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