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HAMMONDS v. INLAND TUGS CO.

No. 78-338.

75 Ill. App.3d 377 (1979)

393 N.E.2d 1328

LUCIAN HAMMONDS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. INLAND TUGS CO., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied September 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walker & Williams, of Belleville, and Fritz G. Faerber, of Alton (Lucas & Murphy, of St. Louis, Missouri, of counsel), for appellant.

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

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Inland Tugs Company, appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in a case brought under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C. § 688 (1976)) and general maritime law.

Plaintiff's complaint alleged that on June 16, 1975, while employed as a deckhand on the M/V Frank Rader, owned by defendant, he suffered injuries to his shoulder, hip and back as the result of...

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