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HOWARD v. SO. IL. RIVERBOAT CASINO CRUISES

No. 02-3818, 02-3819.

364 F.3d 854 (2004)

John HOWARD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS RIVERBOAT CASINO CRUISES, INC., doing business as Players Island Casino, Defendant, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Triangle Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Triangle Insulation and Sheet Metal Company, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 9, 2004.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied May 17, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard B. Schneller, Gail Gaus Renshaw (argued), Lakin Law Firm, Wood River, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Kimbley A. Kearney (argued), Clausen Miller, Chicago, IL, Gordon R. Broom, Gregg A. Kinney, Burroughs, Hepler, Broom, MacDonald & Hebrank, Edwardsville, IL, Edward M. Kay, Clausen Miller, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before COFFEY, KANNE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied May 17, 2004.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

This controversy arose when 46 individual plaintiffs brought negligence claims under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. app. § 688(a), for injuries they allegedly sustained while working aboard a riverboat casino, the M/V Players II (Players II). Players II was permanently moored to the dock at all times pertinent to their claims. The question...

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