Legal Opinion
Doyle v. Huntress, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 12, 2005No. 04-1242PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
The issue presented in this interlocutory appeal is whether the 1988 codification of the maritime safety laws in Title 46 creates a cause of action for lay share fishermen under the “highest rate of wages” provision of 46 U.S.C. § 11107, and the liability provisions of 46 U.S.C. § 10601. We hold that it does.
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This appeal arises out of a compensation dispute between plaintiffs-appellees, Timothy Doyle, Greg Hagaman, Brian Lague, Anthony W. Richards, and Eric Edwards (“the fishermen”), former deckhands on the fishing vessels the PERSISTENCE and RELENTLESS, and the…
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