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MINTON v. HELENA MARINE SERVICE, INC.

No. 5-85-0037.

147 Ill. App.3d 491 (1986)

495 N.E.2d 136

HARRISON MINTON, JR., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HELENA MARINE SERVICE, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied July 28, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond L. Massey and William R. Bay, both of Thompson & Mitchell, of Belleville, and E. Spivey Gault, of Lake Tindall, Hunger & Thackston, of Greenville, Mississippi, for appellant.

L. Thomas Lakin, of Lakin & Herndon, P.C., of East Alton, for appellee.

Order affirmed and cause remanded.

JUSTICE HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Harrison Minton, Jr., filed a complaint in the circuit court of Madison County, Illinois, pursuant to the Merchant Seamen Act, commonly called the Jones Act (46 U.S.C.A. sec. 688 (West 1975)), and the general maritime law of the United States. Defendant, Helena Marine Service, filed a motion to decline jurisdiction as to either all or part of the complaint based...

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