Davenport v. Albatross Tanker Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Van ARTSDALEN, District Judge.

The plaintiff, a seaman, claims “double penalty wages” from March 16, 1969, to date, pursuant to Title 46 U.S.C.A. § 596.1 The shipowner deducted six days’ pay from the seaman’s wages at the time the seaman received his final pay. The deduction was a forfeiture which the shipowner asserts was properly logged and deducted. Plaintiff contends that (1) he was guilty of no conduct that justified the pay deduction insofar as the log book and admissions of record disclose, and (2) a seaman’s pay forfeiture may be enforced only through…