Legal Opinion
Coats v. Luedtke Engineering Co.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided August 2, 1990No. Civ. A. 89-C-265PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
REYNOLDS, Senior District Judge.
FACTS
In April or May of 1987, plaintiff William Coats (“Coats”) began to work for defendant Luedtke Engineering Company (“Luedtke”) as a crane operator on board the vessel, Derrick Boat II (“DB II”). Coats was hired to use the crane to unload dredge material from barges and drop it on shore in a fill area. Luedtke provided Coats with access to and egress from the DB II by having Coats walk on a breakwater to where the DB II was moored. A filter cell was located along the breakwater which Coats would have to climb through in order to reach the…
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