Practice question
A seafarer’s injury is linked to required onboard residence. Counsel says this alone conclusively fixes the monetary award under an unidentified CBA. The CBA text and benefit conditions are not proved. Which answer is sound?
- The employment connection does not itself establish the unidentified CBA’s monetary terms
- Every CBA necessarily awards the same amount
- The bunkhouse rule writes an unlimited indemnity clause
- No contractual conditions may be examined
- A foreign case supplies every missing benefit rate
Legal references
- Arguilles v Wilhelmsen GR254586 July10,2023 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/jul2023/gr_254586_2023.html Bunkhouse discussion and governing contract.
- Arriesgado v Multinational Maritime GR275424 April29,2026 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2026/apr2026/gr_275424_2026.html Bunkhouse discussion and ECC Resolution24-12-40.
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