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MAXSON v. FEDERAL BARGE LINES, INC.

No. 79-17.

86 Ill. App.3d 423 (1980)

408 N.E.2d 58

GILBERT MAXSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FEDERAL BARGE LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed July 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore J. Williams, Jr., of Thompson & Mitchell, of East St. Louis, for appellant.

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

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Federal Barge Lines, Inc., appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Clair County, entered on a jury verdict awarding damages for personal injuries to the plaintiff, Gilbert Maxson, in an action brought under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C. § 688 (1976)) and the general maritime law.

At the time of the accident, the plaintiff was employed as a deckhand in...

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