Robinson, Dave v. Alter Barge Line

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________ No. 07-1647 DAVE ROBINSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALTER BARGE LINE, INC., Defendant-Appellee. ____________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. No. 05-665—David R. Herndon, Chief Judge. ____________ ARGUED DECEMBER 7, 2007—DECIDED JANUARY 16, 2008 ____________ Before POSNER, ROVNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges. POSNER, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff was a deckhand on a barge owned by the defendant, a company that pro- vides shipping by barge in inland waterways, mainly the…