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HANKS v. LUHR BROS., INC.

No. 5-98-0405.

707 N.E.2d 1266 (1999)

303 Ill. App.3d 661

236 Ill.Dec. 696

Robert HANKS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LUHR BROTHERS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

March 9, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Herron, Jeana D. McFerron, Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C., St. Louis, MO, for Appellant.

Roy C. Dripps, The Lakin Law Firm, P.C., Wood River, for Appellee.

Justice KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court:

Any seaman hurt on the job can sue for damages and, at his election, have a jury decide the outcome. 46 U.S.C.App. § 688 (1994). When Congress passed the Jones Act, it made trial by jury a matter for the seaman to decide. Congress wanted the seaman's employer to abide by that decision. Allen v. Norman Brothers, Inc., 286 Ill.App.3d 1091, 222...

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