GROSSE, Judge.
The right of an individual injured or ill seaman to maintenance cannot be abrogated by private agreement. By definition, maintenance is based on the injured seaman's actual expenses for food and lodging and, accordingly, a collective bargaining agreement that provides for an $8 per diem, without an opportunity to allow the injured seaman to recover based on actual expenses, abrogates the right to maintenance.
John Lundborg served on the SS Keystone...
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