No. 19-931

Jay Lawrence Friedheim v. Dane Field

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-01-24
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: admiralty-law attorney-fees bankruptcy civil-procedure jones-act maintenance-and-cure maritime-law seaman-contract
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-03-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a seaman's wage contract that includes maintenance and cure entitles the prevailing party to attorney's fees

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether a seaman’s wage contract that includes maintenance and cure entitles the prevailing party to attorney’s fees under Alyeska Pipeline Serv. Co. v. Wilderness Society, 421 U.S. 240, 257 (1975)? 2. Whether attorney’s fees may be awarded for attempting to collect maintenance and cure from a bankrupt vessel owner and the seaman’s bankrupt employer under Vaughan v. Atkinson, 369 U.S. 527 (1962)?

Docket Entries

2020-03-30
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2020.
2020-01-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 24, 2020)

Attorneys

Jay Friedheim
Jay Lawrence FriedheimAdmiralty Advocates, Petitioner
Jay Lawrence FriedheimAdmiralty Advocates, Petitioner