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BLAINEY v. AMERICAN S.S. CO.

No. 91-2274.

990 F.2d 885 (1993)

Robert BLAINEY; Donald Larson; Mosa Mosed Said; Charles Reed; Carl Mayhew; Vincent Sylvis; Stanley Beckish; Albert Merchant; Martin Tighe; Said Mudhegi; Richard Waeme; Robert La Haie; Ali Yaha; and Thomas Puharic, on behalf of themselves and other Great Lakes Seamen paid maintenance by Defendants but not unearned wages, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY; Bob-Lo; Cleveland Tankers, Inc.; Huron Cement; Rouge Steel Company; Interlake Steamship Company; and Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 6, 1993.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1993.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 27, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis M. O'Bryan (argued and briefed), O'Bryan Law Center, Birmingham, MI, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas W. Emery, Daniel S. Saylor (argued and briefed), Garan, Lucow, Miller, Seward, Cooper & Becker, Detroit, MI, for American S.S. Co.

Robert H. Fortunate, Foster, Meadows & Ballard, Detroit, MI, for Bob-Lo.

Richard A. Dietz, Foster, Meadows & Ballard, Detroit, MI, for Cleveland Tankers, Inc.

Richard C. Sanders, Hill, Lewis, Adams, Goodrich & Tait, Detroit, MI, for Huron Cement.

Paul D. Galea (argued), Foster, Meadows & Ballard, Detroit, MI, for Rouge Steel Co., Interlake S.S. Co.

William D. Carle (argued), Ray, Robinson, Hanninen & Carle, Cleveland, OH, for Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co.

Before: GUY and NORRIS, Circuit Judges; and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 27, 1993.

ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.

This class action invokes our admiralty jurisdiction and raises the issue of whether Great Lakes seamen who become sick or injured while on a voyage can recover unearned wages beyond the end of that voyage. The seamen plaintiffs appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment to the seven shipowner defendants. We arrive at the same result as did the district court concerning...

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