Turner v. Marine Inland Transportation Co.

EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, JR., Chief Judge.

|2This is an appeal by Peter Turner, plaintiff-appellant, from a judgment dismissing his suit against Marine Inland Transportation Co. (MITCO), defendant-appellee, on grounds of abandonment. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Plaintiff alleged in his petition in this matter that he was injured in 1997 while loading chemicals onto a barge owned by Maryland Marine, Inc., and operated by MITCO. Both parties were named as defendants. MITCO filed a Notice of Bankruptcy and the state action against it was stayed on January 14, 2000.

During this period and…