Hill v. Upper Mississippi Towing Corporation

DEVITT, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on defendant’s motion, under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1404(a), for a change of venue to the Western District of Tennessee.

The plaintiff, a seaman in the employ of defendant and assigned to defendant’s vessel, the M/V Harriet Ann, brought this action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S. C.A. § 688, in the District of Minnesota for damages from alleged injuries to plaintiff’s eyes caused by noxious fumes emanating from two barges being towed on the Mississippi River by the Harriet Ann.

Plaintiff is a resident of Mississippi, and defendant is a Minnesota…