Legal Opinion
Peart v. Motor Vessel Bering Explorer
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided November 25, 1974No. A-189-73, A74-11PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
VON DER HEYDT, Chief Judge.
This cause comes before the court upon defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment and motion to require plaintiffs to post security for costs.
Plaintiffs are three persons who were on board the motor vessel Bering Explorer during a 1973 seismic survey of the Beaufort Sea. As an incentive to conduct the survey, plaintiffs were offered additional compensation in the form of a bonus calculated on the number of completed miles of seismic survey. The parties dispute the rate of additional compensation. Plaintiffs contend that the bonus was to be…
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