TCW Special Credits v. F/V Kassandra Z

OPINION AND ORDER

TCW Special Credits (“TCW”) appeals from a judgment of the Trial Division holding that following its foreclosure of a preferred ship mortgage on the F/V Kassandra Z (Kassandra Z), TCW must pay Michael Datin, et al., Kassandra Z’s crew, statutory wages under 46 U.S.C. § 11107 and quantum meruit damages because the chip’s former owner failed to do so prior to the arrest of the ship in 1996. The crew also appealed and cross-appealed. The Trial Division had jurisdiction over this action pursuant to A.S.C.A. § 3.0208(a). We have jurisdiction *6over these timely appeals pursuant to…