CHURCHWELL v. BLUEGRASS MARINE, INC.

No. 05-5185.

444 F.3d 898 (2006)

Glenda CHURCHWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BLUEGRASS MARINE, INC., Marquette Transportation Co., Inc., and Motor Vessel Marie Hendrick, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Bobby R. Miller, Jr., Gault, Marshall & Miller, Paducah, Kentucky, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: John J. Osterhage, Lawrence & Schletker, Warsaw, Kentucky, for Appellant. Bobby R. Miller, Jr., E. Spivey Gault, Gault, Marshall & Miller, Paducah, Kentucky, for Appellees.

Before: MARTIN and CLAY, Circuit Judges; SARGUS, District Judge.


OPINION

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Glenda Churchwell, appeals an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants, Bluegrass Marine, Inc., Marquette Transportation Company Inc., and Motor Vessel Marie Hendrick, and dismissing Plaintiff's claims of 1) unseaworthiness in violation of general maritime law, and 2) negligence in violation of the Jones Act. For the reasons...

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