JOHNSON v. JOHN F. BEASLEY CONST. CO.

No. 83-3196.

742 F.2d 1054 (1984)

Hubert Wayne JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHN F. BEASLEY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay H. Janssen, Law Office of Jay H. Janssen, Peoria, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Rex K. Linder, Mark D. Howard, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, Ill., Manfred W. Leckszas, Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore, Md., for defendant-appellee.

Before WOOD and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

On July 13, 1981, appellant Hubert Johnson sustained injuries while working on a construction barge owned by appellee Beasley Construction Company ("Beasley"). Appellant sued Beasley under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and Beasley moved for summary judgment on the ground that appellant was not a "seaman" as required under the Act. The district court granted Beasley's motion and entered judgment in its favor. We affirm.<...

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