DeWindt v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This is an action by a seaman Efrain DeWindt for unpaid wages. Plaintiff brought this action on the admiralty *26side of the Court against his employer, Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corporation. Plaintiff seeks recovery under the Panamanian Labor Code for overtime and vacation pay earned but not received. Alternatively, plaintiff seeks recovery for overtime pay alone on the theory that plaintiff, as a nonimmigrant laborer, was the third party beneficiary of a contract between defendant and the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. Lastly, plaintiff seeks double wages…