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McKINNEY v. HOUGLAND TOWING CO.

Gen. No. 68-74.

109 Ill. App.2d 99 (1969)

248 N.E.2d 322

Lucien C. McKinney, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hougland Towing Company, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

April 24, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandor Korein, Cohn, Cohn and Korein, of East St. Louis, for appellant.

Gordon Burroughs, Burroughs, Simpson & Burroughs, of Edwardsville, Emerson Baetz, of Alton (McCreary, Hinslea, Ray & Robinson, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellee.

EBERSPACHER, J.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing plaintiff's case, filed under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C. § 688 et seq.), on ground of forum non conveniens.

In January 1967, plaintiff filed his suit in the Circuit Court of Madison County seeking money damages for personal injuries received by him while employed by defendant on the motor vessel Warren Hougland while it was afloat on the Ohio River...

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