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WALKER v. IOWA MARINE REPAIR CORP.

No. 84-2005.

132 Ill. App.3d 621 (1985)

477 N.E.2d 1335

JAMES WALKER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. IOWA MARINE REPAIR CORPORATION, Indiv. and d/b/a Morris Harbor Service, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed April 16, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thompson & Mitchell, of East St. Louis, and Peterson, Ross, Schloerb & Seidel, of Chicago (Thomas R. Jayne, Dan H. Ball, and Clay H. Phillips, of counsel), for appellant.

Karlin & Fleisher, Ltd., of Chicago (Theodore A. Gilbert and David A. Novoselsky, of counsel), for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

This action was brought by plaintiff, James Walker, pursuant to various provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, as amended, commonly known as the Jones Act. (46 U.S.C. sec. 688 et seq. (1982).) Plaintiff alleges in his complaint that he suffered injuries when he came into contact with the hydraulic rudder linkage system while working in the engine room aboard the Alice...

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