Legal Opinion
Doyle v. Huntress, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 25, 2008No. 07-1396, 07-1506PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This decision addresses the doctrine of laches in claims for wages by seamen under 46 U.S.C. § 11107, where the claims are meant both to compensate and to encourage compliance with the requirement in 46 U.S.C. § 10601 that the seamen be given pre-trip written agreements.
From 1993 to 2000, the plaintiffs, Timothy Doyle, Greg Hagaman, Brian Lague, Anthony W. Richards, and Eric Edwards, worked as fishermen on a number of trips aboard the vessels Persistence and Relentless, owned by defendants Huntress, Inc., and Relentless, Inc., respectively. The vessels are the only…
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