Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Conticarriers & Terminals, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 21, 1990No. 89 C 2712PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PARSONS, District Judge.
In this case the plaintiff, Rex Hughes, was injured., when he fell off the tug boat Conti-Karla into the Mississippi River on June 28, 1986. Hughes filed suit against *222ContiCarriers and Terminals, Inc., the owner of the tug, seeking compensatory and punitive damages under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. section 688 and under general maritime law. This case was tried to both the court and the jury. After both sides had completed presenting their evidence but before the case was argued to the jury, the plaintiff moved for a directed verdict,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Boudoin v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Rex W. Hughes v. Conticarriers and Terminals, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Rex W. Hughes v. Conticarriers and Terminals, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993