GASSMAN v. RGB RIVERBOAT

No. 2-01-0158.

768 N.E.2d 831 (2002)

329 Ill. App.3d 224

263 Ill.Dec. 750

Gloria GASSMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RGB RIVERBOAT, d/b/a Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin; and Elgin Riverboat Resort, d/b/a Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

April 25, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt A. Niermann, Presbrey & Associates, Aurora, for Gloria Gassman.

Stephen B. Belgrade, John A. O'Donnell, Patrick J. Cullinan, James Saranteas, Belgrade & O'Donnell, P.C., Chicago, for Elgin Riverboat Resort and RGB Riverboat.


Justice GEIGER delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Gloria Gassman, was injured while working on a riverboat casino owned by the defendants, RGB Riverboat, d/b/a Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin, and Elgin Riverboat Resort, d/b/a Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin. The plaintiff sued for personal injuries under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C. app. § 688 (1994)) and under general maritime law. After a bench trial, the trial court found on behalf of the defendants...

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