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RUFOLO v. MIDWEST MARINE CONTRACTOR, INC.

No. 92-1593.

6 F.3d 448 (1993)

James P. RUFOLO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MIDWEST MARINE CONTRACTOR, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Counter Plaintiff-Appellant, and Service Welding & Shipbuilding, Incorporated, Defendant-Counter Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 29, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest T. Rossiello, Rossiello & Associates, Chicago, IL, argued for plaintiff-appellee Rufolo.

Edward M. Kay (argued), James T. Ferrini, Susan Condon, Clausen, Miller, Gorman, Caffrey & Witous, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant Midwest Marine Contractor, Inc.

Donald E. Schlyer, William P. Ryan, Griffith, IN, argued for defendant-appellee Service Welding & Shipbuilding, Inc.

Before CUMMINGS and MANION, Circuit Judges, and EISELE, Senior District Judge.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This case was brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688, and general maritime law. The plaintiff, James Rufolo, a shipping pilot, slipped and fell and hurt his back on the oil-slicked stairway of a barge called the M/V Shoreline II. Rufolo sued Midwest Marine Contractor, Inc., the barge's charterer, and Service Welding & Shipbuilding, Inc., a firm whose arguably negligent repair work...

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