Legal Opinion
Beam v. Watco Companies L.L.C.
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided December 16, 2020No. 3:18-cv-02018-SMYUnknown
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS KEVIN BEAM, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) Case No. 18-CV-2018-SMY ) WATCO TRANSLOADING, LLC, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER YANDLE, District Judge: Plaintiff Kevin Beam was injured on November 12, 2017 when a metal cable struck him while he was assisting in unloading coal barges on a floating dock at the Cora Illinois Terminal owned by Defendant Watco Transloading, LLC (“Watco”). At the time, Beam was employed by Watco as a deckhand and assigned to the tow boat m/v IDA L which was also involved in the unloading…
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