FREEMAN v. THUNDER BAY TRANSP. CO., INC.

Civ. A. No. 89-702-B.

735 F.Supp. 680 (1990)

Jimmie Lou FREEMAN v. THUNDER BAY TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, INC.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

April 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. George, George & George, Ltd., Sandrea L. Everett, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff.

Charles M. Steen, Trial Atty., Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., for defendant.


RULING ON PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

POLOZOLA, District Judge.

On June 16, 1988, Jimmie Lou Freeman was employed as a seaman aboard the M/V CENTRAL, a vessel owned and operated by Thunder Bay Transportation Company, Inc. ("Thunder Bay"). Freeman was injured when she was thrown from her bunk while sleeping when the M/V CENTRAL lost rudder control and ran aground at Mile 168 of the Upper Mississippi River. As a result of the accident,...

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