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EMERTON v. CANAL BARGE CO., INC.

Gen. No. 65-39.

70 Ill. App.2d 49 (1966)

216 N.E.2d 457

Email T. Emerton, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Canal Barge Company, Inc., a Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

April 27, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Barnes, McBride, Baker, Wienke & Schlosser, of Chicago, and G. Gordon Burroughs, Burroughs, Simpson & Burroughs, of Edwardsville, for appellant.

Sandor Korein and Joseph Cohn, Cohn, Cohn & Korein, of East St. Louis, for appellee.

GOLDENHERSH, P.J.

Defendant appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Madison County entered upon a jury verdict in the amount of $100,000.

Plaintiff's complaint, as amended, is in two counts, Count I pleads a cause of action based on the Jones Act (Title 46, USCA, § 688 et seq.); Count II charges that the vessel upon which plaintiff was working was unseaworthy.

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