Legal Opinion
Lunquist v. SS Seatrain Maryland
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided June 8, 1973No. Civ. 18988PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, District Judge.
The claims' of the four plaintiffs in this Rule 9h case raise a number of questions under two statutes, which must be read together:
46 U.S.C. § 594. “Right to wages in case of improper discharge.
“Any seaman who has signed an agreement and is afterward discharged before the commencement of the voyage or before one month’s wages are earned, without fault on his part justifying such discharge, and without his consent, shall be entitled to receive from the master or owner, in addition to any wages he may have earned, a sum equal in amount to one month’s wages as…
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