Leslie Daniel Caldwell, Jr. v. Solus Ocean Systems, Inc.

RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

This case involves an action under 46 U.S.C. § 596 for the recovery of penalty wages by the plaintiff-appellant, Leslie Daniel Caldwell. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendantappellee, Solus Ocean Systems. We agree with the district court that because Solus was neither the owner nor the master of the vessel upon which Caldwell was stationed, Caldwell has no cause of action against Solus under section 596. Thus, summary judgment was proper and we affirm.

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Caldwell was employed by Solus 1 as a life-support technician on a diving vessel that was…