ARNOLD v. LUEDTKE ENGINEERING, CO.

No. 1:04-CV-69.

357 F.Supp.2d 1019 (2005)

Richard T. ARNOLD, Plaintiff, v. LUEDTKE ENGINEERING, CO., Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

February 24, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith A. Schornack-Smith, Jaques Admiralty Law Firm, P.C., Detroit, MI, for Richard T. Arnold, plaintiff.

George M. Velcich, Belgrade & O'Donnell, PC, John A. O'Donnell, Belgrade & O'Donnell, PC, Patrick J. Cullinan, Belgrade & O'Donnell, PC, Steven B. Belgrade, Belgrade & O'Donnell, PC, Chicago, IL, for Luedtke Engineering Co., defendant.


OPINION

ROBERT HOLMES BELL, Chief Judge.

The matter before the Court involves the issue of whether an employee of a maritime construction company is a "seaman" as that term is defined under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, entitled to remedial relief under the Jones Act, where the employee was injured while assigned to a project involving the reconstruction of a seawall along the shore of the Erie Canal. Plaintiff Richard T. Arnold seeks damages...

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