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BOWMAN v. AMERICAN RIVER TRANSP. CO.

No. 99094.

838 N.E.2d 949 (2005)

217 Ill.2d 75

298 Ill.Dec. 56

David W. BOWMAN, Appellee, v. AMERICAN RIVER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Mondl and James O. Hacking III, of Tonkin & Mondl, L.C., St. Louis, Missouri, for appellants.

Gail G. Renshaw, Marc W. Parker and Roy C. Dripps, of The Lakin Law Firm, P.C., Wood River, for appellee.

Justice KARMEIER delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff filed suit against defendants in St. Clair County for injuries suffered while working as a seaman aboard a harbor boat. He claimed negligence under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C. app. § 688 et seq. (2000)), unseaworthiness, and maintenance and cure. Defendants filed a timely request for a jury trial, which was stricken by the trial court on plaintiff's motion, citing the Fifth District opinion in...

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