Legal Opinion
Rutherford v. Lake Michigan Contractors, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided May 9, 2000No. 1:98CV769PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
MILES, Senior District Judge.
In his complaint filed in this action, plaintiff Gene A. Rutherford Jr. alleges that on August 20, 1997, while he was employed as a deckhand aboard the tug Shirley Joy, a vessel owned and operated by defendant Lake Michigan Contractors, Inc. (“LMC”), he sustained injuries when he slipped while attempting to face the tug to a barge.
Rutherford has asserted claims against LMC based on negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688 et seq., and unseaworthiness of the vessel under general admiralty and…
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