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DODDS v. WESTERN KENTUCKY NAVIGATION

No. 5-96-0836.

697 N.E.2d 452 (1998)

297 Ill. App.3d 702

231 Ill.Dec. 898

Chris DODDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WESTERN KENTUCKY NAVIGATION, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant (Occidental Chemical Corporation, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Cross-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

July 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris B. Chapman, Clarence W. Harrison, II, Morris B. Chapman & Associates, Ltd., Granite City, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ronald E. Fox, Nancy J. Rosenstengel, St. Louis, MO, for Western Kentucky Navigation.

R.W. Wilson, William B. Starnes, II, Edwardsville, for Occidental Chemical Corporation, Inc.

Justice GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Chris Dodds, appeals from the trial court's denial of his motion for directed verdict and his posttrial motion for a new trial. Plaintiff, an employee of defendant, Western Kentucky Navigation, filed a complaint under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C.App. § 688 et seq. (1975)), alleging that defendant negligently caused injuries to his back and arm. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the...

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