Lundborg v. Keystone Shipping Co.

— We are asked in this case to decide if John Lundborg, a seaman injured on board ship, is entitled to additional compensation from his employer for his injury. We hold Lundborg may not recover additional “unearned wages”1 beyond what he was already paid by the employer because his entitlement to wages was for the length of the voyage or employment and his employment ended shortly after his injury when the vessel docked in Portland. We further hold there is a question of fact as to whether a collectively bargained rate of $8 per day illegally abrogated Lundborg’s ancient entitlement to…