SNELLING v. E. LOGSDON RIVER CONSTRUCTION CO.

No. 83-3.

120 Ill. App.3d 80 (1983)

457 N.E.2d 990

MARK W. SNELLING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ELMER LOGSDON RIVER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed November 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Hillebrand, of Belleville, for appellant.

Edward J. Szewczyk, of Donovan, Hatch & Constance, P.C., of Belleville, for appellee Elmer Logsdon River Construction Company.

Goldstein and Price and Daryl F. Sohn, both of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellee ContiCarriers and Terminals, Inc.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Mark W. Snelling, appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair County granting defendants' motions for summary judgment in an action for personal injury brought pursuant to the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (46 U.S.C. sec. 688 (1976)), commonly known as the Jones Act, and the general maritime law.

The following factual account is substantially based on plaintiff...

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