Legal Opinion
Bowman v. American River Transportation Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided October 20, 2005No. 99094PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Karmeier
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 plaintiffs motion, citing the Fifth District opinion in Allen v. Norman Brothers, Inc., 286 Ill. App. 3d 1091 (1997), for the proposition that only plaintiffs in Jones Act cases can demand a jury trial. Following a bench trial in which defendants…
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