ALHOLM v. AMERICAN S.S. CO.

Nos. 97-1831, 97-1840.

144 F.3d 1172 (1998)

Donald ALHOLM, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. AMERICAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY; Defendant-Appellant, The Duluth Clinic, Ltd., a Minnesota corporation; Robert Francis Donley, M.D., Defendants. Donald ALHOLM, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. AMERICAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY; The Duluth Clinic, Ltd., a Minnesota Corporation; Robert Francis Donley, M.D., Defendants—Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Emery, Detroit, MI, argued (David M. Schafer, Detroit, MI, on the brief), for American Steamship Co.

Eric Lloyd Davis Hylden, Duluth, MN, argued (Charles B. Bateman, Duluth, MN, on the brief), for Duluth Clinic, Ltd. and Francis Donley.

Dennis M. O'Bryan, Birmingham, MI, argued (John S. Hone, Birmingham, MI, on the brief), for Donald Alholm.

Before FAGG and MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, District Judge.


MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Donald Alholm was injured during docking operations in Duluth, Minnesota and sued his employer, American Steamship Company, under the Jones Act, see 46 U.S.C.App. § 688, and the providers of his medical treatment, the Duluth Clinic, Ltd. and Dr. Robert Donley, under a negligence theory. The district court2 granted summary judgment to the medical providers on statute of limitations grounds, but the other...

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