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Significant Cases

Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc., 362 U.S. 539 (1960)

Zouras v. Menelaus Shipping Co., 336 F.2d 209 (1st Cir. 1964)

Boudreau v. Boat Andrea G. Corp., 215 N.E.2d 907 (Mass. 1966)

Bono v. Ocean Wave, Inc ­., 215 N.E.2d 666 (Mass. 1966)

Saunders v. Austin W. Fishing Corp ­., 224 N.E.2d 215 (Mass. 1967)

Tucker v. Ocean Wave, 224 N.E.2d 215 (Mass. 1967)

Pino v. Trans-Atlantic Marine, 265 N.E.2d 583 (Mass. 1970)

Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc., 398 U.S. 375 (1970)

Pino v. Trans-Atlantic Marine, Inc., 265 N.E.2d 583 (Mass. 1970)

Pope v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., 269 N.E.2d 706 (Mass. 1971), cert. denied, 404 U.S. 882 (1971)

Victory Carriers, Inc. v. Law, 404 U.S. 202 (1971)

Stafford v. Perini Corp., 475 F.2d 507 (1st Cir. 1973)

Peymann v. Perini Corp., 507 F.2d 1318 (1st Cir. 1974), cert. denied, 421 U.S. 914 (1975)

Bennett v. Perini Corp., 510 F.2d 114 (1st Cir. 1975)

Scola v. Boat Frances R., Inc., 546 F.2d 459 (1st Cir. 1976)

Farrell Lines, Inc. v. Jones, 530 F.2d 7 (5th Cir. 1976), reh'g en banc denied, 532 F.2d 1375 (5th Cir. 1976)

Brown v. Mass. Port Auth., 357 N.E.2d 928 (Mass. 1976)

Consolidated Mach., Inc. v. Protein Products Corp., 428 F.Supp. 209 (M.D. Fla. 1976)

Anderson v. Iceland S.S. Co., 585 F.2d 1142 (1st Cir. 1978)

Melanson v. Caribou Reefers, Ltd., 667 F.2d 213 (1st Cir. 1981)

Clauson v. Smith, 823 F.2d 660 (1st Cir. 1987)

Yiakas v. Savoy, 526 N.E.2d 1305 (Mass. App. Ct. 1988), rev. denied, 529 N.E.2d 1346 (Mass. 1988)

Lyon v. Ranger III, 858 F.2d 22 (1st Cir. 1988), reh'g denied, 858 F.2d 22 (1st Cir. 1988)

Shea v. Rev-Lyn Contracting Co., 868 F.2d 515 (1st Cir. 1989)

Cheshire Toyota/Volvo, Inc. v. O'Sullivan, 562 A.2d 788 (N.H. 1989)

Newbury v. Savoy, 567 N.E.2d 1269 (Mass.App.Ct. 1991)

DiGiovanni v. Traylor Bros., Inc., en banc 959 F.2d 1119 (1st Cir. 1992), cert. denied, 506 U.S. 827 (1992)

MacInnes v. Germagian, 1992-P-0592 (Mass.App.Ct. 1993)

Newbury v. Mass. Prop. Ins. Underwriting Ass'n., 624 N.E.2d 127 (Mass.App.Ct. 1993)

Roche v. Springfield Redevelopment Auth., 639 N.E.2d 1119 (Mass.App.Ct. 1994)

Doucas v. Perini Corp., 639 N.E.2d 1120 (Mass.App.Ct. 1994), rev. denied, 642 N.E.2d 301 ( Mass. 1994)

Cohen v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 673 N.E.2d 84 (Mass.App.Ct. 1996)

Morehead v. Atkinson-Kiewit, J/V, 97 F.3d 603 (1st Cir. 1996), cert. denied, 520 U.S. 1117 (1997)

Daniels v. Diamond Girl Fisheries, Inc., 201 F.3d 426 (1st Cir. 1998)

Halpin v. Atkinson-Kiewit, J/V, 181 F.3d 79 (1st Cir. 1999)

Stewart [I] v. Dutra Const. Co., 230 F.3d 461 (1st Cir. 2000), rev'd, 543 U.S. 481 (2005)

Stewart [II] v. Dutra Const. Co., 343 F.3d 10 (1st Cir. 2003), rev'd, 543 U.S. 481 (2005)

Stewart [III] v. Dutra Const. Co., 543 U.S. 481 (2005)

Napier v. F/V Deesie, Inc., 454 F.3d 61 (1st Cir. 2006)

Broadley v. Mashpee Neck Marina, Inc., 471 F.3d 272, 2007 A.M.C. 413 (1st Cir. 2006)

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$32,500 SETTLEMENT OBTAINED IN A SEAMAN’S WAGE CLAIM
Vessel owner failed to make a written fishing agreement with the plaintiff seamen prior to leaving port as the law requires. Without a written agreement, under the current law, the seamen were entitled to the highest rate of pay at the port. Because the seamen deckhands were paid less than the full share received by other deckhands on the vessel, The Kaplan/Bond Group was able to obtain $32,500.

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