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DALE v. LUHR BROTHERS, INC.

No. 5-86-0583.

158 Ill. App.3d 402 (1987)

511 N.E.2d 933

JAMES DALE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LUHR BROTHERS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied August 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daryl F. Sohn and John R. Halpern, both of Goldstein & Price, of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellant.

Cook, Shevlin & Keefe, Ltd., of Belleville (Bruce N. Cook, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff James Dale commenced this Jones Act (46 U.S.C. sec. 688 (1983)) case in St. Clair County. After a bench trial, the judge found defendant Luhr Brothers, Inc., liable to plaintiff in the amount of $1,654,704. Defendant appeals. There is no cross-appeal.

Defendant employed plaintiff as a heavy machinery operator. Plaintiff spent about half his employment for defendant on land...

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