Legal Opinion
Persson v. Scotia Prince Cruises, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 27, 2003No. 02-1590, 02-1591PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Hartmut Rathje, Kenth Persson, and Rolf Sjostrom, (collectively, the “Officers”) were the captain, chief engineer, and chief engineer/consulting superintendent, respectively, of the M7S SCOTIA PRINCE. The SCOTIA PRINCE is a cargo and passenger ferry operated by Scotia Prince Cruises, Ltd. (“SPC”) between Portland, Maine and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Claiming they were fired in April 2001, the Officers brought suit under the federal court’s admiralty jurisdiction against SPC for breach of their employment contracts. SPC raised as a defense that the Officers had resigned…
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