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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