The murderer is a stowaway and not bound by a contract they never signed. You would sue them under the applicable jurisdiction which, with maritime law, is incr

The murderer is a stowaway and not bound by a contract they never signed. You would sue them under the applicable jurisdiction which, with maritime law, is incredibly complicated. You may not be able to sue the murderer at all depending on where the ship is registered. The point of the case the article talks about is the enforceability of contracts between two parties with respect to choice of law/forum even when they’re almost contracts of adhesion. If you don’t sign the contract (or the other party doesn’t sign the contract) then it’s not relevant to your situation.