HAYS v. LOUISIANA DOCK CO.

No. 82-369.

117 Ill. App.3d 512 (1983)

452 N.E.2d 1383

BOBBY J. HAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOUISIANA DOCK COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed September 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lance R. Mallon and Hugh M. Talbert, both of Talbert & Mallon, P.C., of Alton (Sidney Z. Karasik and Sam J. Cahnman, of counsel), for appellant.

Raymond L. Massey, Dan H. Ball, and Mary K. Bennett, all of Thompson & Mitchell, of East St. Louis, for appellee Louisiana Dock Company.

Daryl F. Sohn, of Goldstein & Price, of St. Louis, Missouri, for other appellees.


Affirmed in part, and reversed in part and remanded.

JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

The present appeal is taken from a dismissal of the plaintiff's action to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly suffered aboard the M/V Tennessee on the Mississippi River on approximately March 2, 1978. The question presented here is whether that action is barred on res judicata grounds due to a dismissal with prejudice in Federal court of...

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