SEWELL v. M/V POINT BARROW

Civ. No. A81-546.

556 F.Supp. 168 (1983)

Robert SEWELL, Virgil Miller, Lowell Shamburg and Donald Johnson, Plaintiffs, v. M/V POINT BARROW of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, owned by R.J. Marine, Inc., her engines, tackle, gear, furniture, equipment, etc.; Marine Cruiser Mon Ark of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, owned by R.J. Marine, Inc., her engines, tackle, gear, furniture, equipment, etc.; Marine Barge Nuchuck of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, owned by R.J. Marine, Inc., her engines, tackle, gear, furniture, equipment, etc.; R.J. Marine, Inc., a California Corporation; and Roger L. Jacobson, an individual, Defendants, and M/V POINT BARROW; Marine Cruiser Mon Ark, and Marine Barge Nuchuck, all owned by R.J. Marine, Inc.; R.J. Marine, Inc., a California Corporation; and Roger L. Jacobson, an individual, Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Lowell CHAPPELL and Marjorie Chappell, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Alaska.

February 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson A. Rice, Reese, Rice & Volland, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiffs.

John A. Treptow, Atkinson, Conway, Bell & Gagnon, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants and third-party plaintiffs.

David M. Clower, Clower & Byers, Anchorage, Alaska, for third-party defendants.


OPINION

FITZGERALD, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, Robert Sewell, Virgil Miller, Lowell Shamburg and Donald Johnson, were employed as seamen aboard three vessels owned by defendant R.J. Marine. The vessels were engaged in offshore test drilling operations in the Beaufort Sea. Plaintiffs did not receive their wages for the last two weeks of service performed for R.J. Marine, and on October 1, 1981 each plaintiff...

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