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WILLIS v. INDIANA HARBOR STEAMSHIP CO.

No. A09-2223.

790 N.W.2d 177 (2010)

Daniel L. WILLIS, Respondent, v. INDIANA HARBOR STEAMSHIP CO., L.L.C., a foreign limited liability company, et al., Appellants, and Indiana Harbor Steamship Co., L.L.C., et al., defendants and third party plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company, third party defendant, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

October 19, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven S. Eckman , Eckman, Strandness & Egan, P.A., Wayzata, MN, for respondent Daniel J. Willis.

Joseph V. Ferguson , Paul W. Wojciak , Johnson, Killen & Seiler, Duluth, MN; and Robert T. Coniam (pro hac vice), Ray Robinson Carle & Davies, P.L.L., Cleveland, OH, for appellants Indiana Harbor Steamship Co., Central Marine Logistics, Inc., ArcelorMittal USA, Inc., and ArcelorMittal Minorca Mine, Inc.

Diane P. Gerth , Alfonse J. Cocchiarella , Ricke & Sweeney, P.A., St. Paul, MN, for respondent Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company.

Considered and decided by MINGE, Presiding Judge; JOHNSON, Judge; and COLLINS, Judge.

OPINION

COLLINS, Judge.*

Appellants Indiana Harbor Steamship Co., Central Marine Logistics, Inc., ArcelorMittal USA, Inc., and ArcelorMittal Minorca Mine, Inc. appeal from judgment following a jury verdict in favor of respondent Daniel J. Willis on his negligence claims brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 30104 (2006). Appellants challenge (1) a negative-inference jury instruction based on spoliation; (2) the determination...

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