JOHNSON v. ADM/GROWMARK RIVER SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 5-97-0236.

693 N.E.2d 477 (1998)

295 Ill. App.3d 436

230 Ill.Dec. 348

Thomas E. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ADM/GROWMARK RIVER SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

April 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail Gaus Renshaw, The Lakin Law Firm, Wood River, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Daryl F. Sohn, Goldstein and Price, L.C., St. Louis, MO, for Defendant-Appellee.


Presiding Justice WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

In this case brought under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C.A. § 688 (West Supp.1997)), we are asked to determine whether the circuit court of Pulaski County properly entered summary judgment in favor of the defendant, ADM/Growmark River Systems, Inc., and against plaintiff, Thomas E. Johnson, finding as a matter of law that plaintiff was not a "seaman" within the meaning of the Jones Act because he had no connection...

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