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BALDWIN v. HUFFMAN TOWING CO.

No. 76-449.

51 Ill. App.3d 861 (1977)

366 N.E.2d 980

JACK BALDWIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HUFFMAN TOWING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed August 4, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. O'Keefe, of Thompson & Mitchell, of East St. Louis, for appellant.

Sandor Korein and David J. Letvin, both of Cohn, Carr, Korein, Kunin and Brennan, of East St. Louis, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE CARTER delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Jack Baldwin, was injured on April 21, 1973, while employed as a deckhand on the M/V Lady Slipper, a towboat belonging to defendant. The injury occurred while he was attempting to secure the tow and its barges to a lock wall at Lock and Dam 26 at Alton, Illinois. While attaching the line to a lock wall the boat moved suddenly, and plaintiff's hand, which was...

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